Theaceae
Mountain camellia
Stewartia ovata
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Stewartia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mountain camellia
Synonyms
- Malachodendron ovatum Cav.
- Malachodendron pentagynum (L'Hér.) Small
- Malachodendron pentagynum (L'Hér.) Dum.Cours.
- Malachodendron pentagynum var. grandiflorum (Bean) Alexander
- Malachodendron pentagynum var. grandiflorum (Bean) Ashe
- Stewartia montana W.Bartram
- Stewartia ovata f. grandiflora (Bean) Kobuski
- Stewartia ovata var. grandiflora (Bean) Weath.
- Stewartia pentagyna L'Hér.
- Stewartia pentagyna var. grandiflora Bean
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.