Shrub. Leaves 3-6 cm long, mostly oblong and about twice as long as broad. Branchlets hairless. Flowers white (except cultivars), petals 1-2.5 cm long, hairy. Styles 3, deeply split.

Specimens grown at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens) under this name have serrated (not near-entire) leaves as indicated by botanical descriptions.

Japan

Branchlets hairless; leaves with veins hardly visible below. Like C. sasanqua but leaves thicker, petals and styles shorter.

Source: Withers, R.M.; Spencer, R. (1997). Camellia. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.