Camellia japonica 'Mariana'

Flowers elegans form, crimson with the outer petals large, flat and crowded, blotched or striped. Raised by Macarthur at Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia as a seedling. Int. c. 1866.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.