Kurozuru

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.48, colour photo, p.212, description: Deep crimson, single, opening cup-shaped with 6-7 large, overlapping petals and a bold, compact, central stamen cylinder, slightly spreading. Leaves broad-elliptic to elliptic, mid-green, apices blunt acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in Ōno City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.83 with colour photo; English translation p.56. A cultivar at a private family in Fukui Prefecture. Named by Tokuji Ōoka in 1974, released by Yoshizumi Tobioka.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.83. 【花】暗紅色の一重、椀咲き、筒 小輪、3〜4月。【葉】広楕円、中]ij、 平坦。【樹】横張り性、強い。【来歴1 福井県内の民家の栽培種。1974年jj 大岡徳治の命名、飛山嘉澄の発表 1 写•文/大岡。