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Kaga-yagura

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Id:ICR-9154

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1968

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Kaga-yagura'

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Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.208, p.105, description, p.151: Leaves broadly elliptic, olive green, wavy, lateral veins impressed, 5.8-8.5 cm long x 2.8-4.6 cm wide; petioles 3-4 mm long, copiously hairy. Flower hose-in-hose type, rosy carmine (Carmine 21/1), petals strongly recurved at the apex, larger outer petals, 7-13; inner 4-10. In between the outer and inner petals and the centre are stamens with 3-10 petaloids. Flowers mid-season to late. Originated by Mr Iwata, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. “Kaga” is the old provincial name for Ishikawa while “Yagura” is a turret or piled up structure, alluding to the hose-in-hose flower.

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