Mikawa-sukiya

Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1971, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.11, pp.29, 31-33, for botanical drawings, colour photo and description; Yokoyama , 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.218: Small, deep pink single with 5 oblong petals, innermost pointed, with a short, compact column of white filaments. Leaves long-lanceolate, apex long-acumi­nate, dull, dark green, sharply serrate. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.145 and p.141, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka.The original tree is growing with a private family in Mikawa District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hiroshige Hayakawa in 1973. Sport: Otohime. Synonyms: ‘Mikawa-sukiya-wabisuke’, ‘Momoiro-wabisuke’ and ‘Kira­wabisuke’ in the Kansai area.

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.218.　　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.141.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.248. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.260. 愛知產. [花]濃桃色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、12～4月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]立性。[来歴]ワビスケツバキ。三河地方の旧家に古木がある、1973年に早川博茂の命名.発表、別名：吉良佗助、白斑入り花を乙姫という。写.文/桐野