Camellia japonica 'Jean Clere'

Flowers informal double similar to 'Aspasia Macarthur' but the colour darker and the petals with a narrow white band around the margin. Raised as a sport of Camden Park's 'Aspasia Macarthur' that was found on an old tree at Taranaki, New Zealand and propagated by R.H. Clere, Hawera, New Zealand. Int. c. 1969.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.