The Dawes Arboretum
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Stewartia serrata
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Oyama stewartia, sawtooth stewartia
Family:
Theaceae (tea family)
Distribution:
Japan
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 6
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A beautiful deciduous tree, likely to remain under 20' in this area, growing with an upright to vase-shaped habit. Young shoots are tan-brown and quite hairy; leaves are glabrous and leathery, 2-3" long, abruptly pointed at the tips. Flowers open in June, 2-3" across, creamy white, stained red at the base. Flowers give way to dark reddish brown capsules. Bark on older wood turns gray-brown. Fall color can be a remarkable crimson-red to orange-red.
Links:
Catalogue of Life
•
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
World Flora Online
Locations
1:
LKV: CB17
(CB17)
• Accession: D2004-0388.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
LKV: CD19
(CD19)
• Accession: D2004-0388.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual