Id：ICR-17460
Country：Japan
Year Published/Registered：1974
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia x vernalis 'Shibori-egao'
Species/Combination：C. vernalis
Chinese Name：花笑颜
Japanese Name：絞笑顔 しぼりえがお
Meaning：Variegated Smiling Face
Synonym：
Egao-nishiki Synonym for Shibori-egao.
Jiaoxiaoyan Gao, Jiyin, 1998, The World's Best Camellia Cultivars, p.166. Chinese synonym for Shibori-egao.
Shibori-eago Donnan, 1981, American Camellia Yearbook, p.84. Orthographic error for Shiboriegao.
Xiaoyanjin (Smiling Face Brocade),Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.77, No.579. Chinese synonym for the Japanese C. vernalis Shibori-egao.
» English Description
Hakoda, 1974, Nōkōdai Nōjōhō, No.6, p.52; SCCS., 1981, Camellia Nomenclature, p.191: A virus variegated form of Egao - Deep rose blotched white. Originated in Kurume, Fuku’oka Prefecture, Japan, by Yoshioka. Synonym: ‘Egao-nishiki’. International Camellia Society, 2023. Splendid Sasanquas, an International Ornament, p.72.
» Chinese Description
朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.240. Shibori-egao 绞笑颜(Variegated Smiling Face)。(C.x vernalis)春茶梅。1974，日本久留米，Yoshioka培育选出。Egao (笑颜）病毒感染���白斑品种。半重瓣〜松牡丹、浓桃色、白斑、大轮、花期10〜2月、树性直立、长势强。别名：Egao-nishiki (笑颜锦）。
» Japanese Description
久留米地方の在来品種、四倍体ハルサザンカ「笑顔」の枝変わりと推定されるが、選抜者・命名者は不明。所在地：久留米市草野町の個人母樹園。樹姿：立性で強勢、分枝は密。葉形：披針形で反曲，大型。花 ：八重咲きで大輪，花弁は濃桃色で白斑が入る雄しべは割り芯。開花期：11月～３月
Flower Form：Semi-double / Magnolia
Flower Colour：Bicolor Flower / Blotched white
Flower Size： 10-13 cm
Blooming Season： 10-2 Month Japan
Flower Fragrance：
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