Camellia japonica (Common camellia)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Theaceae > Genus: Camellia

Cammelia japonica (Common camellia), Company Gardens, Cape Town. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to Japan and China. Camellia japonica is a well-known garden plant with over 2000 named cultivars. Flowers can be pink, red, variegated or mottled. Flowers in winter/spring. Cultivated in southern African gardens.