Kasamai

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.258, p.130, description, p.169 as ‘Kasa-mai’: Leaves dark green, broadly elliptic, apex shortly acuminate, venation impressed, margins crenate-serrulate, 6.3-6.9 cm long x 2.7-3.7 cm wide. Flowers, red, anemone form with large, compact, central mass. Outer guard petals, 6-7, irregular size, rounded, largest, 5 cm long x 4 cm wide. Central cushion of small, fan-shaped petaloids, variegated pale pink or white, 98-113 in number, stamens lacking. Flowers mid-season. Originated in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in 1968. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.207.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ358.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.59.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.97. 石川產. [花]濃紅色、一重、唐子咲き、唐子部分は淡桃と白のまだら、丸弁、小輪、3～5月。[葉]長楕円、小形、中折れ。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]金沢市笠舞町の民家の栽培種、1968年に武田薬品の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/中村良