Shinobudera

Yokoyama and Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.76, colour photo & description: Small size, faint pink, cup-shaped single of 5-6 broad, concave, rounded, embracing petals and a broad, circular stamen cluster with white filaments, joined for their lower half, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves dark green, elliptic. Originated in Mount Sekidō, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tadao Yamaguchi in 1979.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.76.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.121. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.47. 石川產. [花]極淡桃色、一重、筒～抱え咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3～4月。[葉]卵状楕円、小形。[樹]立性。[来歴]石川県石動山の—野生ツバキから選抜、1979年に山ロ湛夫の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/山ロ