Mikaeri-unryū

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.247 with colour photo; English translation p.174. Medium size, red, tubular to trumpet shaped single, somewhat wide at the tip of the stamen cylinder. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size, somewhat curved inwards. Spreading growth, branches zigzagged. A natural seedling of ‘Unryū’ (Unryū-tsubaki). Named and released by Shinichi Noguchi in 1994. From Tokyo.

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.229. 東京產. [花]紅色、一重、長筒～ラツパ咲き、やや先太りの筒しベ、中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形、やや内曲。[樹]横張り性、枝は左右に屈曲。[来歴]雲龍椿の自然実生、1994年に野ロ憤一の命名.発表。写.文/野ロ