Narayama-ichigō

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989. Nihon no Chinka, p.199, Colour photo and description as ‘Narayama-ichi-gō’: Small size, deep crimson, campanulate single of 6 wide, overlapping, emarginate and serrate petals, and a central stamen column with pink­ish filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers. Leaves bright mid-green, ovate to broad-ovate, apices abruptly acute, margins serrate. Late flowering. Selected from the wild camellias in the Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Yoshizawa Camellia Nursery around 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.185. 【花】濃紅色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲 き、筒しベ、小輪。【葉】広楕円、中 形、外曲。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】 埼玉産の自然実生。1980年頃に吉沢 椿樹園の命名•発表。写/植村、文/ 太田。