Chihan-no-beni

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.165, colour photo and description: Medium to large size, red, wide campanulate single, with 6-7 broad, rounded, overlapping petals and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for lower half, and bright yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season. Leaves bright green, elliptic, apices tapering acuminate, margins obscurely crenate. Branches are pendular. Originated at Jōritsuji Temple, Yatsuo-machi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Takuo Iwazumi in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.165.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.164. 【花】紅色の一重、ラッパ〜椀咲き、 筒しベ、中輪、2〜4月。【葉】長楕 円、中形、中折れ。【樹】枝垂れ性。【来 歴】婦負郡八尾町黒田の浄立寺の栽 培種。1980年代に岩住巧雄の命名• 発表。写/横山、文/牧野。