Sekidoshiro-tarō'an

Funaki-en Catalogue, 1986-1987, No.124, p.7; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.27, colour photo and description: Small to medium size, white, cup-shaped single, with 5 large, emarginate, concave, overlapping petals with a broad stamen column with white filaments, joined for their lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves mid-green, broad-elliptic, apices abrupt-acute, margins serrate. A seedling of Sekido-tarō’an discovered and released by Toshiaki Kosaki in 1968. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan.

   淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.27.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.145. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.24. 愛知產. [花]白、一重、抱え咲き、筒しベ、中輪、1～3月。[葉]広楕円、中形、平坦。[樹]やや横張り性、やや強い。[来歴]関戸太郎庵の自然実生、1968年に小崎敏章の発見、発表。写/桐野、文/小崎