Sado-wabisuke

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.263, p.116, description, p.237: Very small, red, campanulate single, 4 cm across with 5-6 reflexed petals and a cylinder of sterile stamens with pale cream anthers. Leaves broad, oval, dark, glossy green. Mid-season blooming. See also colour photos: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.64, 218; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.157. Originated in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Note: This camellia is a mutation of a wild camellia from Sado Island and is a C.japonica in spiteof the name ‘wabisuke’. Synonym: ‘Shōnagon’. Named and released by Tokuji Ōoka in 1970

  文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.71    淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ157,    ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.64、文/p.218. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.112.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.267. 新潟產. [花]紅色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、小形、反曲。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]ワビ芯ツバキ。佐渡の野生ヤブツバキの枝変り、1970年に大岡徳治の命名.発表、別名：少納言。写/桐野、文/萩屋