Maruben-karanishiki

Shufu-no-Tomo-sha, 1976, Tsubaki to Sazanka, p.44, colour photo: Medium sized, semi-double, 13-15 petals, soft pink ground with a peppering of crimson dots and ticks. Small, irregular stamen cluster, golden anthers, white filaments. Blooms late to very late. For other colour photos see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.410. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.144. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.343. Originated in Kantō, Japan. Resembles Hakuro-nishiki and Kara-nishiki. Note: Possibly the same as Kara-nishiki from the Edo era.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.343.　 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.247. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.198. 江戸產. [花]淡桃色地に紅色の吹掛け絞り～小絞りが前面に入る、八重、蓮華性、抱え咲き、筒しベ、中～大輪、4～5月。[葉]楕円～広楕円、大形、外曲。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]江戸期の唐錦は本種であったという説もある。写/桐野、文/編集委員会