Yukigeshō

Shufu-no-Tomosha, Kirino, 1976, Nihon no Tsubaki, pp.134, 233; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.156, colour photo, p.254, description: Very pale apricot shade of pink. Single, opening irregularly with 5 petals, folded or reflexed back and a short, spreading stamen cluster, deep yellow anthers. Leaves mid-green, wide­-ovate, apex acute, recurved, margins serrate, petioles hirsute. Selected from wild japonicas in Yatsuo Town, Toyama Prefec­ture, Japan. Named and released by Shūhō Kirino in 1968.

ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.156、文/p.254. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.272. 【花】極淡桃色の一重、平開咲き、ユ キツバキ状芯、小輪、4月。【葉】楕 円、小形、波曲。【樹】横張り性、強い。 【来歴】婦負郡八尾町の野生ユキバ タツバキから選抜。1968年に桐野秋 豊の命名•発表。写•文/桐野。