Hōkizakura

Shimane, Kaji Shubyō-en Catalogue, 1980-1981 as a new cul­tivar; JSC., 1988, Japan Camellia, No.29, p.13. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.94, colour photo and description: Medium size, pale pink, saucer shaped single with 5 obovate, emarginate petals and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for lower half, and yellow anthers. Late blooming. Leaves mid-green, long, narrow-lanceolate, apices tapering acuminate, margins serrate. Collected from cultivars at a private family in Yonago City. Named and released by Takashi Sumi in 1977.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.94.　. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.236. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.51. 鳥取產. [花]淡桃色、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小～中輪、3～5月。[葉]長楕円、小～中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]米子市の民家の栽培種から採取、1977年に角巍の命名.発表。写/斧江、文/井原