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Id：ICR-9273
Country：Japan
Year Published/Registered：1968
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia rusticana 'Kanjitsu'
Species/Combination：C. rusticana
Chinese Name：
Japanese Name：閑日 かんじつ
Meaning：Kan (閑) leisure; jitsu (日）day. The day of leisure.
» English Description
Tuyama, 1968, Camellias in Japan, pl.238, p.120, description, p.162 as ‘Kan-jitsu’: Leaves oblanceolate-elliptic, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, venation slightly impressed, margins minutely and densely serrulate., 7.7-8.6 cm long x 3.0-3.9 cm wide. Flowers peony type, dark pink, (Spinel Red 0023) but paler pink (Crimson 22/2) in the centre with a long, thin staminal group. Petals 12-18, central ones irregular and loosely wavy, deeply emarginate. Stamens divided, filaments creamy. Flowers mid-season to late. Originated in Japan by Mr Yasui, Yatsuo-chō, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
