Mishima

JCS., 1984, Tsubaki, No.23, p.35: Flower colour, pale pink, small campanulate single with a compact stamen cylinder. Mid-season flowering. Leaves small. Good for Chabana (Tea ceremony). The name is taken from the fact that Ōmishima was origi­nally called “Mishima”. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.109, colour photo. Origi­nated in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.249 with colour photo; English translation p.174. An old tree designated as a protected plant is growing in Ōmishima Town. Named and released by Toshihiro Murakami around 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.109　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.249. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.61. 愛媛產. [花]淡桃色、一重、筒咲き、中膨らみの筒しベ、小輪、2～4月。[葉]楕円、小形、平坦。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]今治市(旧越智郡)大三島町に天然記念物の古木がある、1980年頃に村上俊弘の命名.発表。写/水田、文/河野