Mōri-yobukodori

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.65, colour photo and description: Medium size, white, with a pale pink cast, single with 5 emarginate petals of irregular form and a central stamen column with ivory filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves obolanceolate, dark green, apices acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in the Gifu Prefecture, Japan. A natural seedling of Mōri-shiratama, named and released by Minoru Satō in 1960.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.65.　   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.261.　【花】鴇色の一重、長筒〜ラッパ咲き、 中輪、3〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形、 肉厚、やや波曲。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】毛利白玉の自然実生。1960年に 佐藤捻の命名•発表。写•文/佐藤。