Shirayuki-tsubaki

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.133 with colour photo; English translation p.90. Medium size, white, flat single, rusticana-like flared stamens. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves somewhat oblong, medium size, waved. Cespitose, dwarf, of rusticana parentage. A cultivar growing at a private family in Kita-kanbara District. Collected, named and released by Yaichi Kawamura in 1966. From Niigata Prefecture.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.61. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.133. 　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.24. 石川産　. [花]白色、一重、筒～抱え咲き、中輪、11～4月。[葉]やや長楕円、中形、中折れ　[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]西王母の自然実生、1975年に松井清造の命名・発表。写/桐野、文/松井