Chūbu-kimigayo

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.95, colour photo, p.230, description: A white, open, informal, incomplete double, large, 10-11 cm across, with thin, translucent petals, particularly towards the edges, which are fluted and waved. The stamens are broken into fascicles by small, erect, creped, centre petals. Leaves, medium size, mid-green, shallowly serrate, margins twisted, reflexed with impressed vena­tion. Originated in Chūbu, Japan. See colour photo & description in Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsub­aki, p.88 which erroneously lists this cultivar as ‘Kimigayo’. There is also a cultivar of the name Kimigayo from the Kantō District which has a cylindrical stamen cluster.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.332. 【花】白色、八重、牡丹咲き、散芯、中輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕 円、中形、よれる、肉厚。【樹】横張り性、強い。【来歴】古 〈から愛知県稲沢地方にあったもので、1971年の「中部の 椿銘鑑」に名がある。文/大伴。