Iōzen

JCS., Jan.1989, Japan Camellia, No.30, p.4, colour photo; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.215, colour photo and description: Very small size, bright red, single with 6 entire, rounded petals of different sizes and a short, compact, stamen cluster with yellow anthers and pale yellow filaments. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves light green, broad-elliptic, margins serrate. Different reading: 'Iōzan'. Originated in Fukimi'tsu-chō, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Takeo Ogawa around 1975.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.215.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.26. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.74. 富山產. [花]濃紅色、一重、キキョウ咲き、剣弁、極小輪、12～3。[葉]楕円、小形。[樹]横張り性、叢生。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。1975年頃に富山県医王山の中腹で採取した野生ツバキ、尾川武雄の命名.発表。写.文/尾川