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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Theaceae, Tea family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

Common Name:
Silky Camellia, Virginia Stewartia, Stewartia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Stewartia malacodendron FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stewartia malacodendron FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stewartia malacodendron 124-01-001 FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it in mesic forests, esp on beech-dominated bluffs or "islands" in Coastal Plain swamps
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Stewartia ovata FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stewartia ovata FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stewartia ovata 124-01-002 FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it in mesic forests, esp acidic bluffs, often in openings in rhododendron thickets ("hells")
Rare, an endemic, primarily Appalachian
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Loblolly Bay, Gordonia
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Gordonia lasianthus FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gordonia lasianthus FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gordonia lasianthus 124-02-001 FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it in pocosins, bayheads, acidic, organic-rich swamp forests, wet pine savannas, bay forests
Common, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Franklinia, Franklin Tree, Lost Gordonia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Franklinia alatamaha FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Franklinia alatamaha FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it - its habitat is speculated to be dry sandy ridges, near the mouth of the Altamaha River
Rare (an endemic) (believed to be extinct in the wild)
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Camellia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Camellia japonica FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Camellia japonica FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it . It is frequently cultivated, sometimes persistent around old home sites, at least weakly spreading near cultivated plants
Waif(s)
Non-native: China/Japan

Common Name:
Sasanqua, Sasanqua Camellia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Camellia sasanqua FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Camellia sasanqua FAMILY: Theaceae
Waif(s)
Non-native: Asia

Common Name:
Tea
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Camellia sinensis FAMILY: Theaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Camellia sinensis FAMILY: Theaceae
Look for it . It is cultivated in plantations and as a horticultural novelty, rarely escaped
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
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