Fuyu-akane

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.221, colour photo and description as ‘Fuyuakane’: Small size, bright vermilion red, wide campanu­late single, with 6 rounded, broad, emarginate, overlapping petals, and a tall, central stamen column with pale yellow filaments, joined for their lower half, and golden anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves dark green, elliptic, apices tapering acute, flat, slihtly recurved, mar­gins serrate. Originated in the Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tadao Yamaguchi in 1984.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.221.　.誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.227. 【花】鮮紅色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒 しべ、小輪、2〜4月。【葉】楕円、小形、 平坦。【樹】立性。【来歴】親不明の自然 実生。1984年に山ロ湛夫の命名•発表。 写•文/山ロ。