Diaojinzhong

Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.33, No.143, colour photo No.67: Medium size, light red, campanulate single, with 5-6 emarginate petals and a central stamen cylinder with creamy filaments, joined for the lower third, and yel­low anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves dark green, broadly elliptic, apices acumi­nate, margins serrate. Originated in China.

周利主编、2011《川茶品种图鉴》 p.48。树势中等，树冠开张，成枝力中等；叶长椭圆形，先端急尖，叶基部楔形，叶缘反卷，叶面厚实光亮，深绿色，叶长7.5cm~9cm,宽3.5cm~4_5cm,叶齿较深；基部花瓣背面具白色絹状毛，花蕾期更明显。花萼花冠钟状，花由平瓣组成，1轮~2轮，5枚~6枚，雄蕊发育完全、明显，偶见部分雄蕊瓣化呈小花瓣，花丝基部1/2以下连生，花药排列成环状，花浅红色，花瓣质地厚实，瓣脉明显，单瓣型，花量中等，花径7cm~9cm,花期2月~4月，盛花期3月。识别特征：单瓣型，花丝基部1/2以下连生，花瓣质地厚实，花萼花冠钟状。