Hina-nishiki

Owari Tsubaki Dōkōkai, 1931, Tsubaki Meikan; Satō, 1960, Chūbu Tsubaki Kyokai and Chūbu no Tsubaki, 1975, p.48, colour photo as ‘Hinanishiki’: Medium sized, single white with deep rose streaks, sometimes producing a soft rose ground fading to white at petal edge. The bloom has 5 large, rounded, overlapping petals which open to saucer shape, and a compact, central stamen column with some variability in length and golden anthers. Leaves undulate, small, broad-elliptic, acuminate apex, mid-green. Originated in the Chūbu District, Japan. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.126, 242.

 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.198.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.215. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.174. 愛知產. [花]白地に紅色の大小縦絞り、一重、盃状咲き、中輪、3～5月。[葉]広楕円、やや小形、肉厚。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]1941年「尾張椿愛好会番付」に記載がある。写/桐野、文/佐藤