Somekawa

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Id：ICR-18276

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1879

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

AGM Type：

Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Somekawa'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

Chinese Name：染川

Japanese Name：染川そめかわ

Meaning：Name of Kabuki Actor

Synonym：

Sen'e-zaki Synonym for Somekawa.

Somegawa Different reading for Somekawa.

Somekawa Variegata McIlhenny Catalogue, 1941, p.14 as ‘Somegawa Variegata’. Orthographic error for ‘Somekawa Variegated’, synonym for Somekawa.

Somekawa Variegated Domoto Nursery Catalogue, 1935. Synonym for Somekawa. This name was also used erroneously in America for Eureka Variegated and Uncle Sam Variegated.

Description

» English Description

Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: Formal double. Light pink, spotted and striped deeper pink, medium size. Yokohama Gardeners’Association Nursery Catalogue, 1891. p.8: White with carmine striped. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.45, p.84; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.391, p.199, description, p.206: Leaves ovate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, dark green, a little plicate along the midrib, venation lightly impressed, margins obscurely crenate, petioles more or less hairy. Flowers complete double, pink, narrowly and densely striped or spotted dark red, (Cardinal red 82/3). Late flowering. Sports to Haku-otome. See: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.439, p.356; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.401. Originated in Kantō area, Japan. Somekawa is the family name of a famous actor of the Edo period. Different reading: ‘Somegawa’. Sports: Sumizome, Somekawa Rosea. For colour photo see, Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.85, 220. In America this cultivar name has been erroneously confused with Eureka Variegated and Mrs Confer. Synonym: ‘Somekawa Variegated’. Resembles ‘Kikusarasa’.

» Chinese Description

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.250. Somekawa 染川（Name of Kabuki Actor)。（C. japonica)红山茶。1879，日本江户。完全形、淡粉底、大量红纵纹、小条纹斑、中轮、花期1〜3月、树性直立。枝变种：Haku-otome (白乙女）、Sumizome (墨染）。染川绞一杨绍溥，1978,台湾茶花，p.72, No.146.同：Somekawa (染川）。

» Japanese Description

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.356.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著ｐ.211.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.153. 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.401. 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.85、文/p.220. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.151. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.205. 江戸產. [花]淡桃色地に紫紅色の縦～小絞りが入る、千重、はじめは宝珠咲き、中輪、4～5月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]1879年の伊藤「椿花集」に載る、枝変りが出やすく、白花を白乙女、紅花を墨染という。写/榛原、文/編集委員会

Flower

Flower Form：Rose / Bud-centered

Flower Colour：Bicolor Flower / Striped red

Flower Size： 8-10 cm

Blooming Season： 4-5 Month Japan

Flower Fragrance：

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