Small, nodding or drooping, bell-shaped flowers. Outside pale violet, inside white shading to violet at margins and tips. Filaments greenish white; anthers creamy yellow. Fruit-heads persistent. Leaves brownish when young. Named after one of the characters in the tale of Genji (Genji monogatari, a very old Japanese novel), though it also means "evening mist".

Group:	?Viorna group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 or less metres
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Kazushige Ozawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	f1999 s2000 ni2007
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Yuugiri'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3cm Tepals: 4; 4cm long, 1.5cm wide, thick and fleshy, long-pointed, tips recurved, touching towards base, margins downy