Stewartia ovata, here as Stuartia pentagyna known commonly as mountain camellia,[4] is a small tree native to low to mid-elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains and nearby regions from Mississippi to Virginia. It is a member of the Theaceae, the tea family. Hand Painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté and published in Stirpes Novae aut Minus Cognitae (1784) by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle.

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