Stewartia serrata
Object Details
- Description
- Sawtooth stewartia is similar to the Japanese stewartia, but it has serrated leaves and its white flowers frequently have a red tint on the outer petals.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 10 F
- Bloom Time
- Late spring to early summer.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Japan
- Habitat
- Mountainous areas in forest
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- Freer Gallery
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2017-0497A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Common Name
- Japanese Stewartia
- Sawtooth Stewartia
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Stewartia
- Species
- serrata
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 30'
- Bark Characteristics
- Red-brown, mottled bark. Twigs can be hairy.
- Bloom Characteristics
- Solitary, cup-shaped, white flowers with yellow anthers and an occasional red spot on the outer surface of petals. 2" diameter.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, elliptic to obovate leaves with serrate margins and pointed tips. Slightly downy on underside of leaf. 1.5-3" long.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Ovoid, woody, and beaked. .75" diameter.
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2017-0497A
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