Fukumitsu-no-shiro

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.56, colour photo and description: Small to medium size, white, wide campanulate single of 5 broad, rounded, reflexed, overlapping petals and a central stamen cylinder with greenish tinted filaments, joined for the lower third, and golden anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves dark lustrous green, broad-lanceolate, margins coarsely serrate. Originated in Fukumitsu Town, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Toyama Rusticana Lovers Club in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.56.　. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.223. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.19. 富山產. [花]白、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、11～4月。[葉]楕円、中形、波曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]南砺市福光町の民家の栽培種、1980年代に富山雪椿同好会の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/牧野