Kashima-beni

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.186, colour photo and description: Small to medium size, deep red, campanulate single with 5 broad, rounded, overlapping petals and a central column of stamens of uneven length with pink to white filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Leaves glossy, deep green, lance­olate, apices long, tapering acuminate, margins serrate. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in Matsu’e City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ186.　　松江產. [花]濃紅の一重、筒開咲き、筒しべ、小～中輪、3～5月。先細りの筒蕊を中央に置き、こじんまりした端正な花[葉]中形の艶葉。[樹]立性で挿し木の活着は悪い。[来歴]島根半島の野生ヤブツバキより採集した品種。　　文/井原・写真/神園