Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1467
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Theaceae
Stewartia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Theaceae
Stewartia ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Theaceae
124-01-002
Stewartia ovata

Common Name:
Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia

Shrub Tree
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in mesic forests, esp acidic bluffs, often in openings in rhododendron thickets ("hells"), in the Coastal Plain of VA restricted to ravines, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Summer
White
Bisexual
5 sepals (rarely 6-7)
5 petals (rarely 6-7)
Numerous stamens, adnate to the petals
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p086
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p102
Landscaping with Native Trees p119
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p094
Trees of the Southeastern US p243
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p35




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June
Cherokee County NC

 

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June
Cherokee County NC

 

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June
Cherokee County NC

 

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