Sessen

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.74, colour photo & description: Small size, faint pink, tubular to campanulate single of 5 rounded, broad, overlapping petals and a broad stamen cylinder with white filaments, joined for their lower third and yellow anthers. Mid-season blooming. Leaves glossy, mid-green, broad-ovate, apices abrupt acute, margins shallowly serrate. Originated in Matsu’e City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by San-in Camellia Club in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.74.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.146. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.46. 島根產. [花]極淡桃色、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、1～4月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]松江市郊外のヤブツバキ群落中から選抜、1980年に山陰力メリアンクラブの命名.発表。写.文/井原