Fairy Floss

ACRS, Camellia News, 1994, No.131, p.7, Reg. No.437, colour photo p.3: Originated by Edgar Sebire, Wandin North, Victoria, Australia. First flowered 1990. The pale mauve pink (RHS.CC.75D) flowers are 5 cm across x 2.6 cm deep, anemone form with 8-10 petals and numerous petaloids. A seedling of C.pitardii Sprite. Plant growth is low and spreading. Leaves dark, glossy green, keeled, elliptical, apices acute, margins serrate, 5.7 cm long x 3 cm wide. Petals notched. Flowers freely mid-season to late.

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第293页。澳大利亚E.R.Sebire先生培育，系由西南红山茶（C.pitardii)‘调皮鬼’(Sprite)品种的实生苗而得。花淡粉红色，偶尔出现红斑，托桂型，微型花，大花瓣8〜10枚，狭长形，平铺，先端凹陷，边缘波浪状,小花瓣簇拥呈球状,有少量黄色雄蕊混生，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，狭椭圆形，光亮，叶齿细，植株开张，生长旺盛。花期中至晚。