- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Franklin Tree Flower
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph from Francine Riez, Wikimedia
- Date of Original:
- 2008-01-18
- Subject:
- Trees--Georgia
Flowers--Georgia
Franklinia--Georgia
Rare plants--Georgia
Plants, Cultivated--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Franklin tree or lost camellia (Franklinia alatamaha), once native only to Georgia, was discovered along the banks of the Altamaha River in the mid-eighteenth century and was last recorded in the wild by nurseryman and plant collector in 1803. All known specimens today are in cultivation.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/long-county/franklinia-alatamaha_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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