Sumi-no-hikari

Cited in Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.233 as the flower with the degenerate stamens; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.180, colour photo & description: Small size, bright red, campanulate single with 5-6 overlap­ping petals and infertile stamens. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, bright green, apices long acuminate, recurved, margins finely serrulate. Blooms very early to mid-season. Originated in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.180　    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.142. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.269. 島根產. [花]濃紅色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、10～2月。[葉]長楕円、中形、中折れ、ゆるく反曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]ワピ芯ツバキ。米子市内の民家の栽培種から選抜、1977年に山陰けリアンクラブの命名.発表。写/桐野、文/井原