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|accepted_name=Stewartia ovata
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) Weatherby
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=41: 198. 1939 ,
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|common_names=Mountain camellia or stewartia
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Malachodendron ovatum
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|publication_title=Diss.
|publication_place=5: 302, plate 158, fig. 2. 1787
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malachodendron pentagynum
|authority=(L’Héritier) Dumont de Courset
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Theaceae;Stewartia;Stewartia ovata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Theaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stewartia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Stewartia ovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 326
|treatment_page=page 328
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, crown rounded. <b>Stems</b> smooth; young twigs reddish brown, bark longitudinally fissured. <b>Winter</b> bud scales 1, enclosed by petiole wings, compressed, 2–5 mm, silvery-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–15 mm, wing 1–2 mm wide; blade ovate to widely elliptic, (3–)8–12(–15) × (2–)4–7(–8.5) cm, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margins serrulate to erose, ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent, primary veins in 5–7 pairs. <b>Inflorescence</b> bracts 1, 10–15 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.3–0.4(–0.7) cm × 1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> (5–)6–10 cm diam.; sepals lanceolate, (11–)14–18 × 6–9 mm; petals 5(–8), creamy white, margins erose, abaxial surface pubescent; stamens 100–125(–150); filaments white, yellow, rose, or purple, free portion 12–18(–20) mm; anthers yellow; styles 5; stigmas unlobed. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 1.5–2.2 × 1.4–1.6 cm, apex acute, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, winged, planoconvex, (7–)8–10 × 5–7 mm, dull, wing 0.1–1 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (May-)Jun–Jul(-Oct).
|habitat=Shaded, moist ravines and gorges
|elevation=(100-)200-1100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Stewartia ovata</i> is likely not naturally occurring in Florida; the only specimen seen is from cultivation in an Alachua County nursery (Wilmot s.n., 21 May 1945, FLAS). Human threats to the species include land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation. A form with purplish filaments [<i></i>var.<i> grandiflora</i> (Bean) Weatherby] is generally not recognized and is hypothesized to be the result of either genetic instability (C. E. Wood Jr. 1959b) or introgression with <i>S. malacodendron</i>. <i>Stewartia ovata</i> is cultivated as an ornamental for its showy flowers and red fall foliage.</p>
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name=Stewartia ovata
|authority=(Cavanilles) Weatherby
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Malachodendron pentagynum
|basionyms=Malachodendron ovatum
|family=Theaceae
|phenology=Flowering (May-)Jun–Jul(-Oct).
|habitat=Shaded, moist ravines and gorges
|elevation=(100-)200-1100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_651.xml
|genus=Stewartia
|species=Stewartia ovata
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