Stewartia koreana
Korean Stewartia
Theaceae

Located near Rt. 195 by Mirror Lake.

  • leaves alternate, elliptic, short pointed, minutely serrated
  • leaves light green, developing good fall color
  • buds flattened, divergent, green-brown, imbricate
  • stems zig-zag, smooth, red-brown
  • flowers borne in summer, large, rounded, white with central yellowish stamens
  • fruit is a persistent pyramidal capsule, splitting to release seeds
  • bark is very distinctive, exfoliating to reveal a camouflage of green, cream, brown, etc.
  • habit is a small tree, pyramidal-rounded, often multi-branched or branched low

    View Stewartia koreana page in the UConn Plant Database


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