Iyo-unkai

Yokoyama & Kirino. 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.34, colour photo and description: Small size, white, wide campanulate single, with 5 broad, overlapping, irregular petals and a wide, central stamen column with white filaments, joined for the lower half, and pale yellow anthers. Late blooming. Leaves deep green, elliptic. Selected from wild japonicas in Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Ōzu Camellia Enthusiasts Club in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.34.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.335. 【花】白色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3~4 月。【葉】卵状楕円、中形、やや波曲。【樹】立性、強ぃ。【来 歴]八幡浜市の野生ヤブツバキから選抜。1980年頃に大洲 椿愛好会の命名•発表。文/田島。