Heiyanhong

Shanghai Botanical Gardens List, 1985. No description. Originated in China.

Heiyanhong. (Camellia japonica)  Synonym: None  Originate: Chongqing  Characteristics: Plant habit vigorous, open, with good growth in branches, horizontal，thicker. Leaves elliptical, dark green, apex apiculate, base broad rounded, 6.5 cm to 7.5 cm across by3.5 cm to 4 cm wide, serration sparse and tiny. Sepals open. Petals in 2-5 rows, 10-20 segments, flat, mostly rounded, margins crinkled, sometimes with irregular white stripe. Stamens, normal, protrude in group. Petaloids of some stamens, with varying size and arranged irregularly. Flower dark red to black red, peony-double form, diameter 9 cm to 11 cm wide, dark purple petal tip in floral buds and yellowish green stigma before opening. Flowers proliferous. Flowering March to April, with full bloom late March.  Key points of identification: Flower dark red; dark purple tip of petals in floral buds and yellowish green stigma are clearly showed just before flowering.

周利主编、2011《川茶品种图鉴》 p.74。树势较强，树冠开张，成枝力较强，枝条平伸，较粗壮；叶椭圆形，先端渐尖，叶基阔，近圆形,叶长6.5cm~7.5cm,宽3.5cm~4cm,叶齿浅稀；花萼开张，平瓣2轮~5轮，10枚~20枚，花瓣平展近圆形，辦缘有皱褶，雄蕊发育完全，突出成束，少数雄蕊瓣化，大小不规则，排列不整齐，花深红色偏黑红，牡丹型。花径9cm〜11cm,花开放前，花蕾顶部显露黑紫色瓣尖和黄绿色柱头，花瓣上偶见不规则白斑，花朵稠密，花期3月~4月，盛花期3月下旬。识别特征：花黑红色，花开放前花蕾顶部显露黑紫色瓣尖和黄绿色柱头。原始产地：重庆