Komahime

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.151. colour photo and description: Medium size, dark red to crimson, single of 5 rounded petals, and a central stamen column, with pink filaments, joined for the lower third, large, yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves mid-green, broad-ovate, apices acute, margins serrate. Selected from wild japonicas growing in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered and released by Hiroshi Kitagawa in 1978. Different reading: ‘Korai-hime’.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.151.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.105. 【花】紫をおびた桃紅色、一重、筒〜 平開咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12〜4月。【葉】長楕円形、中形。【樹】立性、 強い。【来歴】平戸市高麗町の野生 ヤブツバキの選抜種。1978年に北川 浩の発見•発表。写•文/吉岡。