Camellia japonica 'Midnight'

Flower 10–12 cm wide, semi-double to informal double, dark red with yellow stamens. Raised at Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, USA as a seedling that first bloomed in 1955. Int. c. 1965.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.