Tankei

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.42, colour photo and description: Small size, white, campanulate single with 5 broad, long emarginate, rounded petals, tending to reflex about a short, broad stamen column with creamy filaments, joined for lower half, and yellow anthers. Buds always above leaves. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves matt mid-green, narrow-elliptic to elliptic, flat, long, tapering acute, margins serrate. A seedling of Hatsu-arashi-Saga x Shirokikuzuki. Originated in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hideyo Katō in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.42.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.162.  【花】白色の一重、筒咲き、肉厚で光 沢が強ぃ、筒しベ、小輪、3〜4月。 【葉】長楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】立性、強 い。【来歴】白菊月と初嵐の交配種。 1980年に加藤英世の命名•発表。 写•文/大岡。