Hakubi

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.26, colour photo and description: Small size, white, compact, cup-shaped single, 4-5 cm across, with a central column of stamens, with white filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Late blooming. Leaves waved, mid-green, broad-elliptic, apices recurved, acuminate, margins rolled, serrate. Originated in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tokihiro Kōno in 1981. Note: ‘Hakubi’, “White Eyebrows” means a person or thing of exceptional merit.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.26.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.194.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.18. 愛媛產. [花]白、一重、中膨らみの筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形、やや波曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]松山市の民家の栽培種、1981年に河野時寛の命名.発表。写/田島、文/河野