Nishiki-kirin

Selbundō Shinkōsha, 1966, Garden Life, No.17, p.37: Medium size, 8 cm across, peony to anemone form with a double row of large, outer petals and an irregular centre of petaloids and small, erect, folded petals; blush pink with dense, deeper pink streaking and splashes. Leaves small, ovate with distinct venation. Originated in Higashi­kanbara-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1958, the original tree was lost in a flood and the cultivar is now very rare. Collected, named and released by Yaichi Kawamura in 1966. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.108, 235. Corruption of name: ‘Nishiki Kiren’. Note: A Kirin is actually not a giraffe but an imaginary creature.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.198.

Nishiki-kirin 锦麒麟(Giraffe Brocade)。(C. rusticana)雪茶。1966，日本新潟县，村川弥一命名发表。牡丹〜唐子形、淡粉底、红色大小条纹、中轮(7~8cm)、花期2~3月、树性横张、浓密。

保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.212.　 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.179.　 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.187. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.203. 新潟產. [花]淡桃色地に紅色の縦～小絞りが入る、牡丹～獅子～ニ段咲きと花形は変りやすい、中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性、密生。[来歴]東蒲原郡の民家の栽培種、1966年に川村弥一の採集、命名.発表。写/木倉、文/萩屋