Koshū

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.99 with colour photo; English translation p.67. Small sake cup-shaped single, with large and small stripes of purplish red on white ground. Degenerate stamens. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves elliptic, small to medium size. Upright, vigorous growth. A chance seedling of Kochō-wabisuke, originated by Siichirō Sasai in 1983. From Okayama Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.99. 【花】白地に紅紫の縦〜小絞り、一重、猪口咲き、佗芯、極小輪、11〜3月。【葉】長| 楕円、小〜中形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】胡蝶佗助の自然実生。1983年に笹井清一郎の作出。写•文/笹井。