Inabachiyo-no-haru

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.297, colour pl. and description: Very large size, faint pink, semi-double with 3 rows of rounded, reflexed, emarginate petals and a central stamen column, with white filaments, joined for their lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves medium size, dark green, elliptic, apices acute, margins serrulate. Originated in the Tottori Prefecture, Japan. "Chiyo" is a river in Tottori. Released by Yoshio Takata in 1979.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ297.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.33. 【花】移り白〜極淡桃色、蓮華性の 八重、散性、筒しベの輪芯、大輪、3 〜4月。【葉】広楕円、中形。【樹】 横張り性。【来歴】鳥取市内民家の 古木で、鳥取大火で焼けた株より再 生萌芽したもの。1979年高田良雄の 発表。写/小田、文/小橋。