Kofuku

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.205, colour photo and description: Medium size, deep red with 6 petals, separated, the 3 central, long oval with narrow apices, and a central stamen column with pink filaments, joined for the lower third and bright yellow anthers. Chinese bellflower shape, occasionally anemone form. Blooms mid-season. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, margins shallowly serrate. Originated in Okoyama Pre­fecture, Japan. A seedling of Bokuhan. Named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1988.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.205.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.104. 【花】濃紅色の一重、肉厚、中折れ弁のキ キョゥ咲き、筒しベ、小〜中輪、2〜3 月。【葉】楕円、中形、やや平坦。【樹】立 性、強い。【来歴】卜伴の_然実生。1988 年に笹井延夫の命名•発表。写•文/笹 井