Katsurahime

Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.91, black and white photo. Colour photos see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol. II, 1978, pl.271; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979 Senchinshū, p.36, description, p.207: Very small, red, single with 5 petals of irregular length. Leaves small, narrowly-lanceolate, shiny, olive green, apex tapering acuminate, margins coarsely serrate, recurved. Plant habit dwarfish. Late flowering. Origi­nated in Muika-machi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Mamoru Kodera in 1960. Princess Katsura was an historical figure in the service of Shintō Shrine.

  文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.91.　 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.156  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.63.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.74. 新潟產. [花]鮮紅色、一重、キキョウ咲き、細長いユキツバキ状しベ、極小輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、極小形、中折れ、肉厚。[樹]矮性。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。五日町の野生ユキツバキより選抜、1960年に古寺守の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/大岡