Miho-no-seki

Yokyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.177: Colour photograph and description. Small size red, hose-in-hose, star-shaped single with 6 pointed petals and a central stamen column with pinkish filaments, joined at lower third and pinched, yellow anthers. Leaves elliptic to broad-elliptic, deep green, acuminate. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in the Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.253 with colour photo; English translation p.178. Named and released by Shūhō Kirino in 1977.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.177.　 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.253.   日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.89. 島根產. [花]濃紅色、一重、筒～ラツノ、。咲き、中折れ、小～中輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、やや中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]島根半島の野生ヤブツバキから選抜、1977年に桐野秋豊の命名.発表。写/斧江、文/編集委員会