Theaceae
Silky camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Stewartia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 圆果紫茎
- English
- Silky camellia, Virginia stewartia
- Russian
- Стюартия малакодендрон
Synonyms
- Cavanilla florida Salisb.
- Malachodendron monogynum Dum.Cours.
- Stewartia marilandica Andrews
- Stewartia nobilis Salisb.
- Stewartia virginica Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anthony A Simmons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Curtis Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Bonnett, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mac H. Alford, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Stewartia
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- Stewartia sinensisTheaceae
- Stewartia monadelphaTheaceae
- Mountain camelliaStewartia ovataTheaceae
- Stewartia rostrataTheaceae
- Stewartia rubiginosaTheaceae
- Stewartia micranthaTheaceae
- Stewartia calcicolaTheaceae
- Stewartia cordifoliaTheaceae
- Stewartia crassifoliaTheaceae
- Stewartia densivillosaTheaceae
- Stewartia laoticaTheaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.