Benimaru

Hagiya, 1967, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.8, p.14, description, p.15, black and white photo; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.246: Medium size, 8 cm across, red, open peony form double with large, waved and fluted petals, scattered stamens, anthers dark yellow. Mid-season blooming. Leaves, long oval, acuminate, hirsute petiole and midrib, sharply serrate. Originated in Ugawa Mura, Kariwa Subprefecture, Niigata, Japan. Named and introduced by the Niigata University.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.370.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.234. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.117. 新潟產. [花]濃紅色、八重～牡丹咲きで盛りあがる、中輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、中形、反曲。[樹]蔑生、強い。[来歴]刈羽郡の民家の栽培種、1967年に萩屋薫の命名.発表。写/大岡、文/萩屋