Megohime

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.261 with colour photo; English translation p.184. Miniature, pink, bowl shaped single, split stamens, long flower stalks, profuse. Flowers early to late. Leaves broadly elliptic, medium size. Cespitose growth. A cross between ‘Hakubaihin’, a Taiwanese camellia, and C.sinensis ‘Yabukita’. Named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1980. From Niigata Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.261. 【花】桃色の一重、椀咲き、散りしベ 長い花梗あり、多花性、極小輪、10〜4 月。【葉】広楕円、中形。【樹】叢生。 【来歴】白梅芯（台湾のツバキ）と チャ•ヤブキタの種間雑種。1980年 に、萩屋薰の命名•発表。写•文/萩屋。