Beni-sazare

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.231 with colour photo; English translation p.162. Miniature, deep red, tubular to trumpet shaped single, slender long petals, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves narrowly elliptic, small to medium, somewhat plicate. Upright growth. A cross between Shiroyabu-tsubaki (White Bush Camellia) and C.ssp.rusticana Bandai. Originated and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1985, released in 1997. From Okayama Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.231. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.75. 岡山產. [花]濃紅色、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、細長弁、筒しべ、極小輪、1～3月。[葉]長楕円、小～中形、やや中折れ。[樹]立性。[来歴]白ヤブツバキx万代、1985年に笹井延夫の作出、1997年の発表。写.文/笹井