Anita

Armstrong Nursery Catalogue, 1940, with illustr.: Original tree on the Baldwin Estate, California, USA, origin Unknown. Large semi-double, light pink striped carmine red. Vigorous, upright, compact growth. Sports: Anita’s Blush, Rio Rita, White Anita. According to the American Camellia Catalogue, 1951, the bloom is 9-11 cm across by 3.7 cm deep, with 3 loosely formed rows of round petals, slightly notched, 18-20 in number. Stamens short and central, filaments whitish yellow; anthers dark yellow. Leaves, medium size, olive green, 2.7 cm x 1.3 cm; leath­ery texture, tips short and blunt, midrib heavy, serrations black tipped, shallow and average. See colour photo Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.70.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.14.

Anita     安妮塔   C. japonica    Anita安妮塔（C. japonica)红山茶。1940，美国，Armstrong种苗园目录。来历不明种，起源于美国加州Baldwin村的茶花树。半重瓣、淡粉底、红色条纹与喷斑、花瓣约18〜20枚、 3重轮列、筒蕊、中〜大轮(9〜11cm)、花期1〜3月、树性直立、长势强。突变种：Anita’S Blush、 Rio Rita、White Anita 。

Anita（安妮塔）——沈荫椿,2009,山茶,p.94.