Miyake-kotohime

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.162, colour photo and description: Small size, red, open, vase-shaped single, with 5 rounded, ovate petals and a central stamen column, ivory to pinkish filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves deep green, elliptic, apices caudate, margins serrate. Selected from wild japonicas growing on Miyake Island, Japan. Collected and released by Takeo Ogawa in 1979.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.162.　 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.253. 【花】紅色の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小 輪、12〜4月。【葉】長楕円、小形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】三宅島の 野生ヤブツバキの選抜種。1979年に 尾川武雄の採集•発表。写/桐野、文/ 尾川。