Fukumitsu

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.222 with colour photo; English translation p.156. Small, deep red single. Anthers blacken at place of origin, closed stamen cylinder on the Pacific side of Japan. Flowers early to late. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size. Spreading growth. Selected in the growing area of C.japonica ssp. rusticana in Fukumitsu Town. Named and released by Takeo Ogawa in 1979. From Toyama to Izu Ōshima.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.222. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.79. 富山產. [花]濃紅色、一重、閉じ芯、富山の自生地では葯は黒変するが太平洋側では閉じしベとなる、小輪、1～4月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。南砺市福光町のユキバタツバキ地帯の選抜種、1979年に尾川武雄の命名.発表。写.文/尾川