Achi

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.204, colour photo and description: Medium size, dark red, irregular, campanulate single with 5-6, channelled, reflexed, waved at margin, emarginate petals. Stamens cylindrical, filaments pink, joined at the lower third, with yellow anthers. Leaves dark green, obovate, apices tapering acute, margins obscurely, finely serrate. Blooms early to late. Selected from wild japonicas, named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1976. From Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.21. 【花】濃紅色の一重、肉厚、中折れの 筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12〜 4月。【葉】楕円、中形、やや反曲。 【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】岡山県内の 野生ヤブツバキの選抜種。1976年に 笹井延夫の命名•発表。写•文/笹 井