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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
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Stewartia koreana page in the UConn Plant Database
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