Yamayuri

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.175, colour photo and description: Medium size, deep red, campanulate single with 6-7 long-oval, channelled, emarginate petals, irregular in length, with a central stamen column, pinkish filaments and small, yellow anthers. Leaves mid-green, elliptic; apices acuminate, margins shallowly serrate, branches pendant. A seedling of ‘Kujaku-tsubaki’ (Hakuhan-kujaku). Late blooming. Originated in Kan­sai area, Japan. Originated by Toshiaki Kosaki in 1977, named by Tōhei Takahashi.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.175.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.269. 【花】濃紅色、一重、長筒咲き、筒し ベ、中輪、1〜3月。【葉】長楕円、大 形、平坦、先端が反曲。【樹】立性、強 い。【来歴】孔雀椿の自然実生と思わ れるもの。1977年に小崎敏章の作出、 高橋藤平の命名。写/桐野、文/内藤。