Hiryū (japonica)

Watanabe, 1967, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.8, p.36. No description. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.104, p.70: Large, open sin­gle, light red with white blotches, 5-6 petals with a tall, stamen cylinder, yellow anthers, pale cream to white filaments. Leaves lanceolate, leathery, prominent venation, sharply serrate. Petioles hirsute. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.129 colour pl., p.243, description; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.235, colour photo. Originated in Japan. A seedling of Daikagura originated and released by Katayama Juraku’en Nursery around 1970..

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.306.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.215.　淡交社　1989《日本の椿花》.P235、日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.137.　大阪產. [花]紅色地に白斑が入る、一重、短い筒しべ、大輪、11～3月。[葉]広楕円、中形、鋸歯粗大。[樹]横張り性、叢生状に伸びる。[来歴]太神楽の自然実生、1970年頃に片山樹楽園の命名・発表。写/桐野、文/樽本