Himuro-setsugekka

Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, Black and white photo; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, Vol.II, 1978, pl.360, p.147; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.128, 242: Small, campanulate single of 6-7 uneven petals, white to soft blush pink, speckled and dashed red. Short stamen cluster with yellow anthers. Leaves lanceolate, long caudate, mid-green, finely serrate, strongly reflexed. ‘Setsug­ekka’ usually referred to the three elegant friends of nature, the sun, moon and flowers. Origi­nated in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The original tree was in Teiji Himuro’s garden. See colour photo, p.280, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Resembles ‘Chūbu-setsugekka’.

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.199.　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.280.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.217.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.175. 神奈川產. [花]白地や淡桃色地に紅色の吹掛け～小絞り、一重、ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]親不明の園芸品棟の自然実生、1975年頃に氺室捷爾の選抜、発表。写/桐野、文/編集委員会