Hōsen

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.140, colour photo and description: Medium size, pink with the colour fading towards the centre, wide campanu­late single, with 6 broad, emarginate petals, slightly crinkled, and a central column of stamens with white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers, blooms mid-season to late. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, apices acuminate, recurved, margins serrulate. Originated in Izu Isle, Japan. A seedling of Hōsenji. Originated by Keizō Takahashi, named and released by Masaomi Murata.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.140　.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.238. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.67. 静岡產. [花]濃桃色地に底白、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、中輪、4月。[葉]長楕円、中形、やや波曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]宝専寺の自然実生、伊東市の高橋計三の選抜、1975年頃に村田祗臣の命名。写/桐野、文/編集委員会