Hizen-usugumo

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.242: White whorls on a peach pink background, vertical streaks, variable with graduations of white markings, medium size, campanulate single with 5 broad, emarginate petals; filaments white, cylindrical stamen column. Early to mid-season flowering. Plant habit wide spreading and pendant. Leaves medium sized, long-oval, apex acuminate, even, sharply serrate. Resembles Usugumo from the Chinka Zufu. A mutation of an ‘Aizen-tsubaki’, raised in Tabira Town, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered by Kōhei Oka in 1980, named and released by Kichi Okada. Orthographic error: ‘Hizen-usngumo’

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.272　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.213. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.163. 長崎產. [花]桃色地に白の覆輪ぼかし、淡紅色の縦絞り、一重、ラツパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、1～3月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性、枝垂れ性、強い。[来歴]平戸市田平町産愛染の枝変り、1980年に岡耕平の発見、岡田喜一の命名.発表。写/斧江、文/吉岡