Mariko

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.187, colour photo and description: Small size, deep red, tubular to campanulate single with 5 wide, emarginate, overlapping petals and a central stamen cluster with red filaments and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves small, strong, lustrous green, elliptic, long, taper­ing apices, margins obscurely serrate. Originated in Izu Ohshima Isle, Japan. Named and released by Shimoda Camellia Club in 1979.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.187.　 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.246. 【花】濃紅色の一重、筒咲き、小輪、1 〜4月。【葉】楕円、中〜小形、硬質。 【樹】やや横張り性、強い。【来歴】南伊豆の野生ヤブツバキの選抜種。 1979年に下田椿会の命名•発表。 写•文/尾川。