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Mirra

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Id:ICR-12666

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1840

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Mirra'

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Synonym

Mira d'Italie  van Houtte Catalogue, 1843-1844, 12:aaa. Synonym for Mirra.

Mira Vera  Cachet Catalogue, 1840-1841, p.3. Synonym for Mirra.

Mira  L.L. Liebig, 1839, Verzeichnis von Warmen und Kalten Hauspflanzen…, p.10. Whiting, 1846, Gardeners’ Chronicle, (45):743, 744. Orthographic error for Mirra.

Myrrhe  von Biedenfeld, 1856, Practische Grundelhren der kultur von Camellien..., p.22. Synonym for Mirra.

Description

» English Description

Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, p.134: Leaves of various forms, small and large, some round-oval, short acuminate; others recurved, well serrate, deep green; bud large, oblong, with green scales. Flower is over 9 cm across, double, cherry-red with a touch of carmine; exterior petals in the first row, are turned back to form a cup, imbricated with little regularity; those at the centre are small, long, upstanding, unequal, a few forming a rose-bud centre. Originated in Italy by Mariani. Orthographic error: ‘Mira’. Synonyms: ‘Mira Vera’, ‘Mira d’Italie’, ‘Myrrhe’.

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Blooming Season Italy

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