A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 15/50. ‘Scarlet crimson, outer petals large and good, inner similar and crowded. Good.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
First described in 1850 and listed in the 1857 catalogue [T.212/1857]. Macarthur distributed plants around Australia but no surviving plants could be found by 1947. [CQ]. ‘Clymene’ was listed in the ABHSR of 1849.