Hatsuarashi-shiratama

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.115, description, p.237; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.16, colour photo, p.17, description: Small size, white, single, opening through spherical shape to campan­ulate, with 5-6 broad, emarginate, overlapping petals and a central stamen cylinder, with creamy filaments, joined at the lower third, and deep golden anthers. Blooms early to mid-sea­son. Leaves bright, shining green, elliptic to obovate, with apices from abrupt acute to acumi­nate, margins serrate, undulate. Originated in Kansai District, Japan. Synonyms: ‘Hatsu-arashi-Kansai’, ‘Hatsu-arashi B’. Thought by some to be a synonym for Hatsu-arashi.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.301.　P489.     文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P1186.  　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.17.　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.15. 京都產. [花]白、一重、やや抱え性の筒咲き、筒しべ、蕾が丸いのが特徴、小輪、10～3月。[葉]丸みのある楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]江戸期からの古典品種、京都の名椿の一つ、別名：初嵐白玉。写/桐野、文/山ロ三