Id：ICR-7833
Country：United States
Year Published/Registered：1851
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia x vernalis 'Hoshihiryū'
Species/Combination：C. vernalis
Chinese Name：星飞竜
Japanese Name：星飛竜 ほしひりゅう
Meaning：Spotted hiryū
Synonym：
Hiryū-boshi Minagawa, Iza’emon, 1885, Nisshōen Chabaifu.Different reading for Hoshihiryū.
Hoshi-hiryō Chūgai Nursery Catalogue, 1935-1936, p.26.Different reading for Hoshihiryū.
Xingfeilong (Shooting Star Dragon),Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.77, No.580: Chinese synonym for the Japanese C.sasanqua Hoshihiryū.
Hoshi-hiryū International Camellia Society, 2023. Splendid Sasanquas, an International Ornament, p.70.
» English Description
Nakayama, 1851, Senkaōden, vol.5: Minagawa, Iza’emon, 1885, Nisshōen Chabaifu; Nihon Shubyō, 1910: A white variegated form of Hiryū. Originated in Japan. Different readings: ‘Hoshihiryō’, ‘Hoshi-hiryu’. Synonyms: ‘Hiryū-nishiki’, ‘Spotted Hiryu’, ‘Shibori-hiryū’, ‘Hiryū-boshi’. Corruption of Japanese name: ‘Hoshi-Hiro’. Hoshihiryū was first brought to USA by Professor E. Fenerosa in 1906 and planted in Spring Hill, Mobile, Alabama. See Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.561, p.219 & 392. Hakoda, JCS., 1987, Tsubaki, No.26, p.50 has Hiryū and Hoshihiryū as synonymous, but in Japan and the West, Hoshihiryū is used to designate the white variegated form of Hiryū. Chinese synonym: ‘Xingfeilong’. International Camellia Society, 2023. Splendid Sasanquas, an International Ornament, p.70.
» Chinese Description
朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.129.
Hoshi-hiryu 星飞竜(Spotted hiryū)。（C.x vernalis)春茶梅。1851，日本。Hiryu (飞竜）病毒感染入白斑品种。同种异名：Hiryū-nishiki (飞竜锦）、Shibori-hiryū (绞飞竜）。此品种1906年传入美国亚拉巴马州。
» Japanese Description
講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.392 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.317. 関西產. [花]光沢のある濃紅色、白斑のいるものを星飛竜と呼ぶ、八重、小～中輪、11～3月。[葉]長楕円、小形、厚質[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]ハルサザンカ、最も普及しているハルサザンカ、古記録では緋竜、日竜とも書く。 写文/箱田.
Flower Form：Semi-double / Standard
Flower Colour：Bicolor Flower / Blotched white
Flower Size： 6-10 cm
Blooming Season： 11-3 Month United States
Flower Fragrance：
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