Tō-akane

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.226, colour photo and description as ‘Tōakane: Small size, red, single with 5 strap-like, separated petals with crinkled edges and an irregular group of golden stamens. Leaves small elliptic-obovate, shining mid-green, apices tapering acuminate, margins sharply serrulate. Blooms early to mid-season. Plant habit horizontally spreading. Selected from the wild in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.176.  【花】濃紅色の八重、抱え性、サザン力芯、 小輪、12月。【葉】楕円、中形。【樹】横張 り性。【来歴】玉露（雪椿八重）とハル サザン力凱旋の種間雑種。1989年に萩屋 薰の命名•発表。写•文/萩屋。同名は新 潟のヤブ系にもある。