Karitsu

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.66 with colour photo; English translation p.44. Miniature, white with red graduations on outer petals, bowl-shaped single, round petals, circular stamens. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves elliptic, small. Branches somewhat weeping. A cross between C.japonica Tsurugata and C.lutchuensis, originated by Nobuo Sasai in 1984, released in 1997. From Okayama Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.66.　花】白色の一重、外弁紅ぼかし、丸弁、椀咲き、輪芯、極小輪、1〜3月。【葉】楕円、小形。【樹】やや枝垂れ性。【来歴】鶴形とヒメサザン力の種間雑種。1984年に笹井延夫の作出、1997年の発表。写•文/笹井。