Furisode

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.126, description, p.127, colour photo: Medium size, soft pink single of 7 broad, overlapping petals, fluted and crinkled at the margins, apices acute, and a central stamen cluster with ivory fila­ments, joined for the lower half, and golden anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves bright green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in Kurume, Fuku’oka Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Jurō-an.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.126　. 久留米產. [花]桃色の一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しべの中輪、2～4月。咲きはじめは左右の弁端が内曲して剣弁となり、咲き進むとおおらかに開いて豊満な花容となる。[葉]葉は平坦で中型。鋸歯は粗くて鋭い[樹]立性　　[来歴]寿老庵の自然実生。　　文/久富・写真/神園