Stewartia rostrata

Beaked stewartia is in the tea or Theaceae family and is native to eastern China. It is a shrub or small deciduous tree, growing up to 9 m tall, often multi-stemmed.

• Leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to elliptic, glossy, dark green, 6–10.5 cm long and 2.5–4.5 cm broad, with a pointed apex, serrated edges, papery, glabrous above with prominent midrib, sparsely appressed, villous below, especially on veins, with tufts of hairs in vein axils, apex acute, base rounded; petiole 4–6 mm long; foliage turns orange or red in the fall.
• Flowers are solitary, develop are camellia-like, up to 6 cm across, with 5 white petals and reddish-orange anthers, appearing in mid-summer when few other trees are in bloom; sepals of flowers are distinct red.
• Fruit is a reddish brown woody capsule, beaked, up to 2.5 cm long, sharply pointed, with 4 or 5 angles. Bark is grayish-brown, finely furrowed, branches are ascending, bark exfoliating.