Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

Flowers about 8 cm wide, formal double, petals pointed, pale pink with the centre and outer ones darker. Raised at Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, USA as a chance seedling that first bloomed in 1973. Int. c. 1978.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.