Hatsugasumi

Inazawa Co. Ltd. Nursery Catalogue, 1986-1987, p.7, A-324; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.23, colour photo and description: Small to medium size, white, single, opening through spherical form, with central stamen cylinder with creamy white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms early to late. Leaves dark green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins coarsely serrate. Originated in Izu Ohshima, Japan. A seedling of ‘Gokokuji-chiritsubaki’. Originated and named by Takeo Ogawa in 1960s.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.23.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.324.　【花】白色の一重、ふくらみのある筒咲き、花つきよい小輪、 1〜3月。【葉】楕円、小形。【樹】やや横張り性、密生。【来 歴】東京の護国寺•散り椿の実生。1960年代に尾川武雄が 育成•命名。文/尾川。