Shi-un

Seibundō Shinkōsha, Apr. 1976, Garden Life, p.46; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.459, p.180, description, p.264: Small to medium size, rose form double, eventually opening to show a centre of small, erect petals and rare stamens. Colour is violet-red with white blotching. Leaves lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, mid-green, acuminate apex, margins coarsely serrate. Flowering very late. Originated in Toyama Prefec­ture, Japan. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.67, 219; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.398. Named and released by Minoru Takeuchi in 1975.

ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.67、文/p.219.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.115. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.159. 富山產. [花]紅紫色に白斑が入る、千重、中輪、4～5月。[葉]広楕円、中形、外曲、中折れ。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]富山県の民家の栽培種からの選抜、1975年に竹内実の命名.発表、別名：紫絞。写/桐野、文/竹内