Seto-no-musume

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.20: Very small size, purple with a band of light pink, shading to red; sake-cup shaped single. Medium to late season blooming. Originated in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.147 with colour photo; English translation p.101. Regarded as being a chance seedling of ‘Uraku’ (Tarōkaja). Named and released by Isamu Ochi in 1981.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.112.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.147.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.261. 愛媛產. [花]紫色を帯びた桃色、一重、筒〜猪口咲き、極小〜小輪、1〜3月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]ワビスケツバキ。太郎冠者の自然実生と推定される、1981年に越智勇の命名.発表。写.文/田島