Japanese Stewartia; Korean Stewartia
Stewartia pseudocamellia · Theaceae · 노각나무
How to spot it
Peeling mottled bark and white flowers that resemble camellias.
(original photo, new tab)Bark · Photo James St. John · CC BY 2.0 
(original photo, new tab)Bark · Photo James St. John · CC BY 2.0
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Look
- Leaves
- Alternate, dark green simple leaves 5 to 11.5 cm long and 2.5 to 5 cm wide with toothed margins. Brilliant yellow, red and purple autumn color.
- Flowers
- White cup-shaped flowers about 6.4 cm across open singly in June to August; five petals and yellow stamens resemble a camellia flower.
- Fruit
- A hard, egg-shaped capsule about 2.5 x 1.3 cm that forms in autumn, green to brown.
- Bark
- Colorful bark that flakes off in patches of gray, orange and reddish-brown bands, leaving smooth spots.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Native to Japan and Korea, found mainly in mountain forests.
- Ecology
- The flowers attract bees.