Karotōsen

Inazawa Nurseries Co. Lid Catalogue, 1988-1989, p.3, A­142: Very small size, deepest red in the rusticanas, single of 5 petals. Small, central stamen clus­ter with yellow anthers. Blooms late season. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in the Higashi Kanbara-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hideyo Katō in 1979. See Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.214.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.214.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.66. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.76. 新潟產. [花]朱紅色、一重、盃状咲き、丸形、肉厚、ユキツバキ状芯、小輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、小形、平坦、反曲。[樹]叢生。[来歴]新潟県下の野生ツバキより選抜、1979年に加藤英世の命名.発表。写.文/大岡