Iyo-wabishin

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.156, colour photo, p.157, description: Small size, red, tubular single with infertile stamens. Leaves mid-green, broad-elliptic, apices acuminate, margins shallowly or obscurely serrate. Blooms early to mid-season. For botanical drawings, colour photo and description, see p.102,104,106, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1982, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.11. Originated in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Selected from wild japonicas growing in the Ishizuchi mountain range. Named and released by Masaru Inaba around 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ157.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.34.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.266. 愛媛產. [花]桃紅色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、2～3月。[葉]楕円、小形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]ワビ芯ツバキ。石鎚山の野生ヤブツバキから選抜、1980年頃に稲葉勝の命名.発表。写/出雲村田、文/河野