Ayatori

Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.67; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.458, p.180; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.13, colour photo, p.199: Medium size, formal double, often tiered in an hexagon star form, with long, outer petals, developing keeled and pointed petals towards the centre. Soft pink with faint veining. Late blooming. Leaves, medium size, oval, flat, minutely serrate, hairy. See p.395, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Originated in Kariba Sub-prefecture, Niigata Pre­fecture, Japan. Named and released by Tokuji Ōoka.

  淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.395.   文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.67.　    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.23. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.130. 新潟產. [花]淡桃色、千重、列弁咲き、花弁は細く中心は剣弁、中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]叢生、矮性。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。刈羽町の民家の栽培種、大岡徳治の採集、1967年に命名.発表。写/大岡、文/萩屋