Yumeji (hybrid)

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.84 colour photo and description: Very small size, white with very pale purplish pink edges, open cup-shaped single with 5 broad, rounded, overlapping, reflexed petals and a compact stamen cluster, white filaments, joined for the lower third, light yellow anthers. Leaves ovate, mid-green, apices acute, margins serrate. Blooms mid-season. Originated in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Orthographic error: ‘Yumeli’. A seedling of Shuchūka x C.fraterna. Named and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1980. Note: “Yumeji” is the name of a poet and romantic painter in the Taishō era. See also following Yumeji with different kanji characters and meaning.