Kinbikaku

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.45, colour photo, p.211: Medium size, campanulate single, red. Leaves ovate, blunt acute apex, finely serrulate, dark green, variegated with feathers of gold along the midrib. Collected at a rusticana community in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Jitarō Nagao.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.332. 【花】紅色の一重、平開咲き、ユキツバキ状芯、中輪、3〜4 月。【葉】長楕円、中形、黄色の中斑が入る錦葉。【樹】叢 生、弱い、ユキ系。【来歴】県内の野生ユキツバキ群落より 採集。長尾次太郎の命名•発表。文/萩星。