Senogawa-yuri

JCS., 1986, Japan Camellia, No.21, p.4, colour photo; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.177 as ‘Senogawa’: Small to medium size, translu­cent dark red, campanulate single of 6-7 petals, outer rounded, inner pointed. Central cluster of sterile stamens with pale yellow anthers, white filaments. Anthers sterile. Selected from wild japonicas growing in Hiroshima, collected by Yoshimi Kaneko, named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1982. Synonym: ‘Senogawa’.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.177.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.148. 【花】濃紅色の一重、筒〜百合咲き、先細りの筒しベ、佗芯、小〜中輪、1〜3月。【葉】楕円、中形、肉厚。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】広島県の野生ヤブツバキからの選抜種。金子義己の採集、1982年に笹井延夫の命名•発表。写•文/笹井。