Kei-un

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.332, colour photo and description: Large size, bright crimson with white variegation, semi-double with 2-3 rows of large, round petals and a central stamen cylinder with reddish filaments, joined for the lower third and yellow anthers. Leaves dark green, broad-elliptic, curved, coarsely serrate. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. A mutation of Ehigasa, released by Minoru Satō.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.332     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.84. 【花】濃紅色に白斑、八重、割りしベ、大輪、3〜4月。【葉】 長楕円、大形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】絵日傘の紅花に 白斑の入ったもの。佐藤捻の発表。写•文/佐藤。