No-no-ka

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.202, description, p.203, colour photo as ‘Nonoka’: Medium size to small, red, wide campanulate single of 5­-6 wide, rounded, emarginated, overlapping petals with a central stamen column having white filaments, joined for their lower half, and yellow anthers. Leaves deep green, elliptic-lanceolate with long, tapering, acuminate to caudate apices and serrate margins. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in the Chūbu District, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.190 with colour photo as ‘No-no-kaori’; English translation p.132. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1986.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.202 　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.190. 【花】濃紅色の一重、筒〜盃状咲き、筒し ベ、小〜中輪、2〜4月。【葉】やや広楕 円、中形。【樹】立性、強い、枝張りもよい。 【来歴】園芸品種の自然実生。1986年に佐 藤稔の命名•発表。写•文/佐藤。