Kōshōji

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.45, colour photo and description: Small size, white, open vase-shaped single with 7 wide, crinkled, overlapping, emarginate petals and a central stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for the lower half and yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves dark green, elliptic, apices acuminate, recurved, margins serrate. Original tree is in the precincts of Kōshōji, Fukumitsu-chō, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hideo Hori in 1980.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.89. 【花】白色の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、 11〜4月。【葉】長楕円、小形、先端が反 曲。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】東砺波郡 庄川町の光照寺の栽培種。当地に多い花 形、1980年に堀秀夫の命名•発表。写/桐 野、文/堀。