Gokurakuchō

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.186, description, p.187, colour photo: Medium sze, deep crimson, open campanulate single, with 6 emarginate, overlapping petals, and a central stamen column with red filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Late flowering. Leaves glossy, deep green, with small, blackish spots, ovate to broad-ovate, apices recurved, blunt acute, margins shallowly crenate to serrate. A seedling of Kon-wabisuke. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. Originated and released by Fumio Naitō in 1983.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.186     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.95.　【花】濃紅色の一重、肉厚で筒咲き、 筒しベ、中輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕円、 中形、平坦。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】親不明の_然実生。1983年に内 藤文男の作出•発表。写/桐野、文/ 内藤。