Kan-yobukodori

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.79, colour photo and description: Medium size, pale pink, urn-shaped single with 5-6 variable petals, some rounded, others pointed due to rolled in lateral margins, central stamen column, ivory filaments, joined for the lower third, anthers light yellow. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan. An old tree survives in Komatsu Town, history obscure. Named and released by Yoshiteru Kan around 1970.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.79.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.68. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.50. 愛媛產. [花]極淡桃色地に淡黄を帯びる、一重、キキョウ咲き、筒しベ、小～中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]西条市(旧周桑郡)小松町に古木があるがその出生は不明、1970年頃に菅吉暉の命名.発表。写/水田、文/河野