Noguchi-murasaki

JCS., 1973, Tsubaki. No.12. p.5, pl.20, descrip­tion, p.13: A small mauve-pink, semi-double of 4-5 rows of petals, becoming whitish towards the petal margins and a centre of irregular stamens and petaloids. Leaves large, wide-ovate, dark green. Mid-season flowering. Introduced by Yamazaki, Tarō; collected at the Noguchi Shrine. Noguchi-machi, Kagogawa City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan as a wild Yama-tsubaki.