Id:ICR-17346
Country:United States
Year Published/Registered:1838
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Serratifolia'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Seratifolia
Gheldorf, Const., 1844, Catalogue of Plants and Price List, p.13. Orthographic error for Serratifolia.
» English Description
Harrison ed., 1838, The Floricultural Cabinet, p.149: Double, fine dark red. Makoy Nursery Catalogue, 1838. No description. Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, vol.3, pl.268: The flower is 10 cm across, full, regular, largely imbricated, red-purple with spots of rose and white lines which regularly divide the petals which are in 8-9 rows, rounded, nearly entire, concave, erect, somewhat compact; the three outside rows are deep red with many veins of blood-red; those of the centre are cherry-red with numerous spots and lines of white. Originated in England. In USA it became confused with an American cultivar William Penn. Orthographic error: ‘Seratifolia’.