Koshiji-no-yuki

Yokoyama et al., 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.117; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.391; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.54, colour photo, p.214, description: Medium size, 8-9 cm across, ivory white, semi-double with large, rounded, notched petals, widely open 10-11 in number, about a large, spreading stamen cluster, yellow anthers and filaments. Sometimes develops petaloids which envelop the stamens. Leaves dark green, long-elliptic; apices acuminate, margins serrulate, venation impressed. Plant habit vigorous and spreading. Originated in Jō’etsu City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.97 with colour photo; English translation p.65.. Collected and released by Susumu Ishizawa in 1973.

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P117.誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.97.  新潟產. [花]白色で基部は、かすかに帯黄色、八重咲き、ユキ芯～割蕊、中輪、4～5月。[葉]中型の楕円形で葉面は少し中折れし、葉脈はきつい感じがする。葉脈はやや外曲する。葉柄に毛が多く、ユキツバキ系　[樹]横張り性、強い。[来歴]新潟県上越市高田の産で、昭和44年に川村弥一郎氏が命名・発表した品種　文/桐野