Hatsu-arashi-Saga

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.114; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.17, as ‘Hatsuarashi’(Saga): Medium size, white, campanulate single, with 7 rounded, embracing petals and a central stamen cylin­der, with creamy filaments, joined for the lower third, and dark yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves dark green, elliptic to lanceolate, apices tapering acuminate, margins shal­lowly serrulate, venation impressed. Originated in the Kansai District, Japan. Synonyms: ‘Saga-­hatsuarashi’, ‘Hatsu-arashi A’. There has been confusion between this cultivar and the ones above and below.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.17　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.196.   関西產. [花]白色、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しべ、中輪、10～3月。[葉]長広楕円、中形、葉脈は顕著に凹む　[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]不明　　写/神園、文/横山