Camellia brevistyla var. microphylla (Merr.) T. L. Ming
Habit: subshrub
Plant Height (m): 2-3.5 m
Elevation (m): 350-900 m
Distribution: China: Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Xizang, Zhejiang
Young Branch: pubescent, hirsute
Leaf upper surface: glabrous, midrib hairy
Leaf texture: subleathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, midrib hairy, tuberculate
Leaf length (cm): 2-3 cm
Leaf width (cm): 0.7-1.3 cm
Leaf shape: obovate-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: obtuse, rounded
Leaf base: cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 5-6
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 2-2.5 cm
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 7-10
Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis
Bractlet shape: semiorbicular, suborbicular
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous inside, pubescent outside, sericeous on both sides
Sepal: deciduous after anthesis
Sepal number: 7-10
Sepal shape: suborbicular
Sepal hairiness: glabrous inside, margin ciliated, pubescent outside
Petal number: 5-7
Petal color: pink, white
Petal shape: obovate, obovate-spatulate
Petal apex: retuse
Petal length (mm): 10 mm
Petal width (mm): 5-10 mm
Stamen length (mm): 5-10 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Style length (mm): 2-3 mm
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: 3-parted to near the base
Fruit shape: suborbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 1-1.5 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown