石果毛蕊山茶 shi guo mao rui shan cha

Camellia lapidea Y. C. Wu, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 190. 1940; C. connatistyla S. L. Mo & Y. C. Zhong; C. delicata Y. K. Li; C. lanosituba Hung T. Chang; C. longigyna Hung T. Chang, nom. illeg. superfl.; C. longistyla Hung T. Chang ex F. A. Zeng & H. Zhou; C. phelloderma Hung T. Chang et al.

Year-old branchlets glabrous; current year branchlets sparsely gray pubescent to subglabrous. Leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 11-15 × 3-4.5 cm, apex long caudate. Bracteoles and sepals inside glabrous. Fl. Jan-Feb, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 60*, 90*.

● Forests, thickets; 400-1800(-2300) m. NW Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S Hunan, S Sichuan, SE Yunnan.