Ōta

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.134, colour photo and description: Small size, pink, with a purplish cast, wide campanulate single, with 6-7 emarginate, overlapping petals of unequal length, and a centre cylinder of stamens with yel­low anthers. Leaves ovate, mid-green, apices tapering acute, margins serrulate. Blooms early to mid-season. Originated in Saitama Prefecture, Japan as a natural seedling of a C.x williamsii. Ōta is the name of the originator. Named and released by Yoshizawa Camellia Nursery.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.134　. 埼玉產. [花]やや紫色を帯びた桃色の一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しべ、小輪、12～4月。[葉]　　　[樹]　　[来歴]ウイリアムシ-の自然実生品種。　　文/吉沢・写真/神園