Kurume-shokkō

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.244, description, p.245, colour photo: Medium size, brilliant red with white variegation, wide, cup shaped single with a central stamen cylinder, having pinkish filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in Kurume, Fukutoka Prefecture, Japan. Resembles Shokkō. Named and released by Takatoshi Matsuno in 1970.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.244    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.82. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.141. 福岡產. [花]鮮紅色地に白斑が人る、一重、筒～抱え咲き、筒しベ、中輪、2～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性、生長やや遅い。[来歴]久留米市の園芸家の栽培棟、1970年に松野孝敏の命名.発表。写.文/久冨