Section：Camellia
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Remarks：This name is accepted
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Camellia japonica var. decumbens Sugim. Key Trees Shrubs Japan: 252 (1936). Heterotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia japonica var. hajime-tanakai Yanagita J. Jap. Forest. Soc. 18: 629 (1936). Heterotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia rusticana Honda Biosphaera 1: 100 (1947) Accepted Name
Camellia japonica subsp. rusticana (Honda) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 61 (1950). Homotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
Camellia rusticana var. plena Honda Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 12: 177 (1950). Heterotypic Synonym Heterotypic Synonym
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Camellia rusticana Honda. First published in Biosphaera 1: 100 (1947). Sealy (1958), Rev. Gen. Camellia p.179 as C. japonica subsp. rusticana (Honda) Kitamura: Differs from C. japonica by shorter petioles, 5-8 mm. long and often pubescent on the upper side; by involucre of floral perules shorter, 1.5-1.7 cm. rarely 2 cm. high, inner perules smaller 1.2-1.5 cm. long and 1-1.6 cm. wide, perules from glabrous (slightly pubescent only at apex) in some flowers to densely appressed silky-pubescent with wide glabrous margins in other flowers; by petals less highly adnate to the androecium, usually for 4-6 mm. but sometimes for 7-10 mm., and wide-spreading; and by the shorter androecium, 1.7-2.3 cm. long, with filaments united among themselves for only 2-3 mm. above the union with the petals. Distribution: JAPAN. Honsu : Yatsuo village, 17 km. S.W. of Toyama city (137° 7' E, 36° 55' N.), S.Kirino 162 (K, M); Muronaki village, 19 km. S.W. of Toyama city, S. Kirino 163 (K, M); Otaka Mt., Hosori village, 20 km. N.E. of Toyama city, L. A. Charette 1932m; Zaosan, Kitakanbaragun, Echigo Prov., M.Togasi, JVSM. 200 (K).
The leaf has a shorter petiole, about 5 millimetres long, with fine hairs (pubescent) at the base. The bracteoles and sepals are smooth (glabrous) on the outside. The color of the flowers ranges from red through rose to pink, flowering in April to May.
In Japan it is known by the common name "yuki-tsubaki" (snow camellia) as it naturally occurs in areas of heavy snowfall at altitudes ranging from 1,100 metres down to 120 metres on sloping land under deciduous beech trees in the mountain regions to the north of the main island of Honshu and facing the Sea of Japan. In December heavy drifts of snow come in from the north, covering the plants to a depth of up to 2.4 metres. The bushes remain covered by snow from December till the end of March when the snow melts in early Spring and the camellias start flowering.
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雪椿 Camellia rusticana Honda。 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第82页：短柄红山茶 Camellia japonica subsp. rusticana (Honda) Kitamura。产日本。【形态特征】这个种具有被毛而较短的叶柄，花的苞被片较短，花瓣连生较轻微，雄蕊亦较短。识别点：本种叶柄较短，长约 5 毫 米 ，上面多少被柔毛，苞 、萼较小，外面无毛或近无毛。
高继银、帕克斯、杜跃强，2005. 《山茶属植物主要原种彩色图集》浙江科学技术出版社，第45页。花艳红色，花冠近扁平。鳞片短小。花瓣基部与雄蕊柱连生较少，通常只有4~6毫米。雄蕊宽、散开，基部连生形成一个6~8毫米长短管。蒴果较小，果皮厚2~4毫米。叶片略小。叶柄长5~8毫米，略被微毛。灌木，多呈匍匐状，高可达4米。其他性状同山茶（C.japonica)。分布：日本西北部靠近曰本海降雪较多的地带，海拔 100-1000米。可寻地点:日本富山县八尾村。
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Species in the Same Section: 白丝毛红山茶 Camellia albosericea Hung T.Chang、白灵山红山茶 Camellia bailinshanica Hung T.Chang、竹叶红山茶 Camellia bambusifolia Hung T.Chang、滇北红山茶 Camellia boreali-yunnanica Hung T.Chang、短蕊红山茶 Camellia brevigyna Hung T.Chang、短柄红山茶 Camellia brevipetiolata Hung T.Chang、杜鹃红山茶 Camellia azalea C. F. Wei、浙江红山茶 Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu、扁果红山茶 Camellia compressa Hung T. Chang、厚叶红山茶 Camellia crassissima Hung T.Chang & S.H.Shi、隐脉红山茶 Camellia cryptoneura Hung T. Chang、东南山茶 Camellia edithae Hance、香港红山茶 Camellia hongkongensis Seem.、山茶 Camellia japonica L.、金沙江红山茶 Camellia jinshajiangica Hung T.Chang & S.L.Lee、石果红山茶 Camellia lapidea Y.C.Wu、连山红山茶 Camellia lienshanensis Hung T.Chang、长尾红山茶 Camellia longicaudata Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang、长蕊红山茶 Camellia longigyna Hung T.Chang、长管红山茶 Camellia longituba Hung T.Chang、闪光红山茶 Camellia lucidissima Hung T.Chang、龙胜红山茶 Camellia lungshenensis Hung T.Chang、大花红山茶 Camellia magniflora Hung T.Chang、大果红山茶 Camellia magnocarpa (S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang) Hung T.Chang、毛蕊红山茶 Camellia mairei (H.Lév.) Melch.、莽山红山茶 Camellia mongshanica Hung T.Chang & C.S.Ye、寡脉红山茶 Camellia oligophlebia Hung T.Chang、峨眉红山茶 Camellia omeiensis Hung T.Chang、寡瓣红山茶 Camellia paucipetala Hung T.Chang、栓壳红山茶 Camellia phellocapsa Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、栓皮红山茶 Camellia phelloderma Hung T.Chang, H.S.Liu & Y.Z.Zhang、西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart、窄叶西南红山茶 Camellia pitardii var. yunnanica Sealy、西南白山茶 Camellia pitardii var. alba Chang、多齿红山茶 Camellia polyodonta F.C.How ex Hu、滇山茶 Camellia reticulata Lindl.、怒江红山茶 Camellia saluenensis Stapf ex Bean、南山茶 Camellia semiserrata C.W.Chi、白花南山茶 Camellia semiserrata var. albiflora S.Y.Hu & T.C.Huang、粗毛红山茶 Camellia setiperulata Hung T. Chang & B. K. Li、斑枝红山茶 Camellia stictoclada Hung T. Chang、全缘红山茶 Camellia subintegra P.C.Huang、薄壳红山茶 Camellia tenuivalvis Hung T.Chang、毛籽红山茶 Camellia trichosperma Hung T.Chang、东安红山茶 Camellia tunganica Hung T.Chang & B.K.Lee、单体红山茶 Camellia uraku Kitam.、长毛红山茶 Camellia villosa Hung T. Chang et S. Y. Liang、息烽山茶 Camellia xifongensis Y.K.Li ex X.C.Chen & F.Z.Zheng、木果红山茶 Camellia xylocarpa (Hu) Hung T.Chang ex H.T.Chang & B.Bartholmew、滇南毛蕊山茶 Camellia mairei var. velutina Sealy、贵州红山茶 Camellia kweichowensis Hung T.Chang、白毛红山茶 Camellia albovillosa Hu ex Hung T. Chang、褪色红山茶 Camellia albescens Hung T.Chang、多萼红山茶 Camellia multiperulata Hung T.Chang、卵果红山茶 Camellia oviformis Hung T.Chang、石果山茶 Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Y.C.Wu) Sealy、隐脉西南山茶 Camellia pitardii var. cryptoneura (Hung T.Chang) T.L.Ming
