Elizabeth Le Bey

Fendig, 1950, American Camellia Catalogue: Large, rose-pink, incom­plete to irregular double, 9-12.5 cm across. There are numerous petaloids, some of which are erect in the centre and partly conceal short stamens. Leaves are yellow-green, lanceolate, 8.5 cm x 3.2 cm. Slightly serrate with petioles 10 mm long, on a plant of rapid, spreading growth. Orig­inated by G.H. Wilkinson, Pensacola, Florida, USA from seed imported from Japan in 1937. First bloomed 1946. Registration No.37 in the ACS., Quarterly, 1950, vol.5, No.1. Orthographic variant: ‘Elizabeth Lebey’, ‘Elisabeth Le Bey’. Sports: Elizabeth Le Bey Blush, Elizabeth Le Bey Variegated, Elizabeth Le Bey White. See colour photo, front cover, New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, 1964, vol.III, No.5.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》 p.86. Elizabeth Le Bey 柳叶玫瑰(C. japonica)红山茶 。 1950，美国佛罗里达州 Pensacola，G.H. Wilkinson培育选出。1937年，引进日本茶花种子，初花1946年。松牡丹〜牡丹形、玫瑰粉、 中〜大轮(9〜12.5cm) ’树形横张，垂枝性、长势强。突变种：Elizabeth Le Bey Blush、Elizabeth Le Bey Variegated、Elizabeth Le Bey White 。Elizabeth Le Bey (柳叶玫瑰)_茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.9/28, No.1487.