Daihō-wabishin

JCS., 1988, Japan Camellia, No.28, p.13, colour photo: Small size, rose-pink, campanulate single of 6 petals; 3 outer, smaller and 3 inner, larger, channelled, somewhat reflexed. Stamen cluster smallish, compact, white, infertile. Leaves long-elliptic, dark green. Selected from wild camellias on Gotō Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered by Shigeru Terawaki in 1983, named and released by Yūichi Fujita.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.154. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.268. 五島產. [花]紅色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、1～3月。[葉]楕円、中形、中折れ。[樹]立性。[来歴]ワビ芯ツバキ。五島列島の野生ヤブツバキの枝変りの選抜種、1983年に寺脇茂の発見、藤田友一の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/松尾