Camellia japonica 'Guilio Nuccio'

Flowers 13–15 cm wide, informal-double with 12–15 petals rose, paling towards their tips. A seedling raised in USA as a seedling of the fishtail camellia 'Mermaid'. Int. c. 1955.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.