Tsuki-no-utage

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.101, colour photo and description: Small size, soft pink, wide campanulate single of 5 irregu­lar sized, rounded, somewhat reflexed petals and a pinched in stamen column with pale yellow filaments, joined for the lower third and yellow anthers. Blooms early to mid-season. Leaves glossy, dark green, elliptic to broad-elliptic, apices tapering acute, Margins serrate. Originated in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Shōkōshi. Named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1978.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.101　    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.168. 【花】淡桃色の一重、肉厚、筒〜ラッパ咲 き、筒しベ、小輪、1卜3月。【葉】やや楕 円、中形、平坦。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】 小公子の自然実生。1978年に笹井延夫の 命名•発表。写•文/笹井。