Mōri-shiratama-shibori

Yokoyama. & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.260, colour photo and description: Medium size, white to faint pink back­ground with red streaking and peppering, cup-shaped single of 5-6 wide, rounded, overlap­ping petals, and a central, yellow, stamen cylinder. Blooms very early to mid-season. Leaves dark green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrate, sometimes twisted. Originated in the Gifu Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Mōri-shiratama. Originated and released by Minoru Satō in 1972.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.260.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.261.　【花】白地に紅の大小縦絞り、一重、筒咲 き、中〜大輪、10〜3月。【葉】楕円、やや 大形、波曲。【樹】立性、伸長がよい。【来 歴】毛利白玉の自然実生。1972年に佐藤 捻の作出•発表。写•文/佐藤。