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Sōtan

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1968

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Sōtan'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:宗旦 そうたん

Meaning:Personal name

Synonym

Sōtan-tsubaki  Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Mar. 1968, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.8, (p.3). Synonym for Sōtan.

Description

» English Description

Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1968, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.9, colour photo, (p.3), as ‘Sōtan-tsubaki’; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, 1972, vol.I, p.366: Flower white with a pale pink cast, single, small size, long, cup-shape, petals emarginate; stamens in a compact cylinder. Late flowering. Leaves compact, ovate, long. The original tree was in the precincts of the Jukō-in Temple, Daitokuji, Kyōto City, Japan. See colour photos & descriptions: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.84, 226; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.70. Synonym: ‘Sōtan-tsubaki’ from Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1968, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.9.

» Japanese Description

 講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.366.  淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..70.    ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.84、文/p.226. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.150.   日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.29. 京都產. [花]極淡桃色~移り白、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3~4月。[葉]楕円、小形。[樹]立性。[来歴]原木は京都.大徳寺聚光院にあり、古くから宗旦椿と呼ばれていた、1980年「千椿集」に発表、片山宗旦(白)とは別品種。写/桐野、文/山ロ三

Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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