Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua Camellia, Christmas camellia, Camellia
Description
Camellia sasanqua, an evergreen ornamental species used in landscaping to lend elegance and uniqueness to gardens, parks, verandas and terraces; it differs from Camellia japonica mainly in its flowering period, which coincides with the autumn and winter months, bringing colour and vitality even during one of the coldest times of the year.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
- Species
- Camellia sasanqua
Synonyms (8)
- Camellia miyagii
- Camellia tegmentosa
- Sasanqua malliflora
- Sasanqua odorata
- Sasanqua vulgaris
- Thea miyagii
- Thea sasanqua
- Thea tegmentosa
