短柱油茶(原变种) duan zhu you cha (yuan bian zhong)

Thea brevistyla Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 25(19): 63. 1908; Camellia brevissima Hung T. Chang; C. brevistyla f. rubida P. L. Chiu; C. hengchunensis C. E. Chang; C. lungyaiensis (Hu) T. Tuyama; C. obtusifolia Hung T. Chang; C. puniceiflora Hung T. Chang; C. tenuiflora (Hayata) Cohen-Stuart; C. tuboleifera Hung T. Chang & S. X. Ren; T. gnaphalocarpa Hayata; T. tenuiflora Hayata; Theopsis lungyaiensis Hu.

Leaf blade elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 3-5.5 × 1.5-3 cm. Flowers 2-2.5(-3) cm in diam. Petals 1.5-2.5(-3) cm. Styles 4-7 mm. Capsule 1.5-1.8 cm in diam. Fl. Nov-Dec, fr. Sep-Oct.

● Forests, thickets; 200-1100 m. S Anhui, Fujian, NW Guangdong, NE Guangxi, Guizhou, S Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang.