Hisakashiro

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.25, colour photo and description: Small size, white, campanulate single of 5 pure white, rounded, emarginate, slightly reflexed petals and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, nar­rowly lanceolate, with long, tapering apices and obscure serration. Originated in Gotō Isle, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tomokazu Fujita around 1983.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.25.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.212. 【花】白色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、 筒しベ、小輪、1〜4月。【葉】卵状 の楕円、中形。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】五島列島•久賀島の野生ヤブ ツバキの選抜種。1983年頃に藤田友 一の命名•発表。写/堀本、文/松尾。