Komomiji

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki, in sec­tion on double flowers: Medium size, red streaks on white . See: JCS., 1969, Tsubaki, No.7, p.36. Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: Medium size, white streaked pink, double. See colour pl.: Adachi, 1960, Camellia. Its Appreciation and Artistic..., p.92; Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.6; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.346, p.175, descrip. p.193; Encyclopedia of Camel­lias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.340; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.58, description, p.215; Leaves elliptic, apices acuminate, venation impressed, margins coarsely serrate; petioles very hairy. Flowers semi-double, white striped rosy red (Carmine 21) or often pink, veined deeper pink and narrowly margined white, or paler pink, or, sometimes self rosy red. Stamens poor and irregular. Blooms mid-season to late. Dense, spreading growth. Different reading: ‘Shō­momiji’. Sport: Fukurin-ikkyū. This is a very variable camellia with all the colour sports appearing on the one plant. Originated in the Kantō area, Japan. Chinese synonym ‘Xiaohongye’.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.153.

Komomiji  小红叶(Dwarf Maple)。（C. rusticana)雪茶。1859，日本关东。半重瓣、白〜粉红底、红条纹、偶有白色覆轮、时常出现纯红色花、散蕊、雄蕊弱而少量、小〜中轮、花期1〜3月、 树性直立、长势强。此品种花色多变、同株可同时出现多花色。突变种：Fukurin-ikkyu(覆轮一休）。花名：小槭树或小枫树。

 講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.341. 　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.214.　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.351  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.105.   日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.182. 埼玉產. [花]白～桃色地に紅色の縦絞り、八重、散りしベ、中輪、4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]覆輪一休の枝変り、1879年に伊藤「椿花集」に記載がある。写/桐野、文/編集委員会