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Benikagami

Last Updated:2021/9/10 15:18:00 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-1384

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1972

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Benikagami'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:紅鏡 べにかがみ

Meaning

Description

» English Description

SCCS, 1972, Camellia Nomenclature, p.161: Crimson, medium peony form. Seibundō, Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.134, colour photo: Crimson. Medium size, open peony form, 10-11 cm across, about 25 petals, with stamens divided into fascicles, filaments dark yellow. Late season flowering. Leaves, medium size, light green, apex acuminate, base obtuse, finely serrate. Vigorous, bushy, spreading growth. Petioles hirsute. Originated in Naka-kanbara Sub-prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected by Susumu Ishizawa, named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1970.

» Japanese Description

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.229. 【花】濃紅色の牡丹咲き、割りしベで内弁 と混在、中輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕円、中形。 【樹】叢生、強い、ユキ系。【来歴】中蒲原 郡の民家の栽培種。石沢進の採集、1970年 に萩屋薰の命名•発表。写/大岡、文/萩 屋

Flower

Flower Size8-10 cm

Blooming Season Japan

Photos