Camellia reticulata 'Nuccio's Ruby'

Flowers about 12.5 cm wide, deep red, semi-double, petals ruffled. Raised as a chance seedling at Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, USA and first flowered in 1970. Int. c. 1974.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia reticulata Lindl.