Misuzu

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.102, colour photo and description: Small size, pale peach pink. wide campanulate single of 5 ovate petals, overlapping. reflexed. and a central stamen column with white anthers, joined for the lower third. and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, broad-ovate to ellip­tic, apices acute, margins shallowly serrate. Originated in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Collected by Seiichirō Sasai, released by Nobuo Sasai in 1978.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.102　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.249. 【花】淡桃色の一重、細長弁、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、小輪、 2〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】立性，【来歴】岡山県 内民家の栽培種より選抜。笹井清一郎の採集、1978年に笹井 延夫の発表。写•文/笹井。