Hime-no-mai (Ishikawa)

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.218 with colour photo; English translation p.152. Small, palest pink semi-double, rusticana-like stamens, occasionally with petaloids. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size, recurved. Upright growth. Selected from wild camellias in Tsurugi Town, Ishikawa Prefecture. An old camellia from the district, named and released by Hishakichi Kimura in 1985.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.218. 【花】極淡色の八重、ユキツバキ状 芯、ときに唐子もでる、小輪、3〜4 月。【葉】楕円、中形、反曲。【樹】 立性。【来歴】石川郡鶴来町の野生 ツバキから選抜。古くから当地にあ る。1985年に木村久吉の命名•発 表。写/桐野、文/山ロ。