Hijiri

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.38, colour photo and descrip­tion: Small size, white, wide campanulate single, with 5 broad, rounded, emarginate petals, slightly reflexed, and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms from very early to late season. Leaves mid-green, elliptic to broad­elliptic, apices long acuminate, margins serrulate. Originated in the Kyōto District, Japan. A seedling of the C.japonica, Hiryū. Named and released by Misoji Yamaguchi in 1982.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.38.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.213. 【花】白色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小輪、10〜3月。 【葉】楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】やや横張り性、強い、枝打ちよ く樹形はコンパクト。【来歴】飛龍の自然実生。1982年に山 ロ三十治の命名•発表。写•文/山ロ三。