Kōmyōji-otome

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.92 with colour photo; English translation p.62. Small, pink bordered white with white blotches, formal double. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, small, somewhat channelled in the midrib. Upright growth. An old tree survives at a temple in the castle ruin in Kankawa Town. Named and released by Tetsurō Imayuki in 1997. From Kagawa Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.92. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.170. 香川產. [花]桃色地に白覆輪や桃紅色地に白斑人りのものが出る、千重、小輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、小形、やや中折れ。[樹]立性。[来歷]寒川町の城跡内寺院に古木がある、1997年に今雪哲郎の命名.発表。写/地下、文/今雪哲