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