Naoibeni

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.199, colour photo and description: Small size, deep red, wide, campanulate single with 5-6 emarginate, overlap­ping, slightly reflexed petals, with a central column of stamens with pinkish filaments and yel­low anthers. Leaves glossy, strong green, ovate, apices abruptly acute, margins shallowly serrate. Blooms early to mid-season. A seedling of Iwane-shibori. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan by Haruichi Sakuragi. Named and released by Nagaharu Niwa in 1980.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.199　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.182.  【花】紅色の一重、抱え咲き、筒しベ、中輪、 2〜3月。【葉】広楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】 立性、強ぃ。【来歴】岩根絞の自然実生。桜 木春一の作出、1980年に丹羽長春の命名• 発表。写/桐野、文/内藤。