Kurikara

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.301, p.152, colour photo, p.180, description: Leaves olive green, narrowly oblong to elliptic, venation impressed, margins strongly serrate, 7-8.6 cm long x 3.5-4.4 cm wide. Petioles 7-11 mm long, more or less hairy. Flowers of peony form, rose (Rose madder 23/1) blotched or marbled white with a prominent, central stamen group. Petals 9-11, the largest 5.5 cm x 4.3 cm, strongly emarginate with 2-6 additional, inner petals and 48-166 petaloids. Stamens spreading, yellow anthers, filaments pale creamy to rosy red. Flowers late. Originated in the Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. “Kurikara” is the name of an historic Mountain pass in Ishikawa Prefecture.