Hyakuju-no-tsukasa

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.203, colour photo and description: Medium size, dark red, wide campanulate single, of 5 broad-ovate petals and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves mid-green, long-elliptic, apices long tapering acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan. A natural seedling of Shirayuri. Named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1982.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.218. 【花】濃紅色の一重、肉厚の弁は細長く中 折れする、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小〜 中輪、3〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】 やや立性。【来歴】百合椿の自然実生。19 82年に笹井延夫の命名•発表。写•文/笹 井