Beniwaraku

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.209, colour photo and description: Very small size, brilliant scarlet, campanulate single with 5 emarginate, reflexed petals and a short, central stamen column with red filaments and golden anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, mid-green, apices acuminate, margins sharply serrate, inclined to roll or twist. Originated in the Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.322; English translation p.239. Dwarf growth. A natural seedling of Benisuzume. Named and released by Minoru Takeuchi in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.209　. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.322.　【花】鮮紅色の一重、猪口咲き、ユキツバキ状芯、極小輪、12 卜4月。【葉】楕円、小形、やや波曲。【樹】矮性。【来歴】既雀の自然実生。1980年代に竹内実の命名•発表。