Atagoyama

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.95, colour photo and description: Small size, soft pink, vase-shaped single with 6 broad, overlapping, rounded petals. Stamens in a central cylinder, degenerated, filaments joined for the lower half, anthers yellow. Leaves light green, elliptic, apices tapering acute, recurved, margins rolled under serrulate. Late blooming. Collected at Mt. Atago, near Matsue-shi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hiroshi Ibara in 1984.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.95.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.327. 松江產. [花]淡桃色、一重、筒咲き、筒しべ、佗芯、小輪、3～4月。[葉]細くときに波曲 [樹]立性、[来歴]松江市の北方・愛宕山中のヤブツバキの群落中より採取した品種。写/神園、文/井原