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Cyclamen coum Mill.  
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesCyclamen coum Mill. 
BibliographyGard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 6 (1768)
Native Rangee. Bulgaria to Caucasus and n. Iran
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Descriptioncorms 2-4cm, globular, pubescent, leaves 3-7cm, variegate or not, reniform to suborbiculate, obtuse, entire, petals with distinct dark violet spot at base
Size5-10cm
Colorpink
Bloomearly spring
Ca+
Typetuberous perennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark
division of resting tubers
SynonymsCyclamen apiculatum Jord.
Cyclamen brevifrons Jord.
Cyclamen coum f. albissimum R.H.Bailey
Cyclamen coum f. pallidum Grey-Wilson
Cyclamen coum var. pulcherrimum Regel
Cyclamen durostoricum Pantu & Solacolu
Cyclamen europaeum ssp. orbiculatum (Mill.) O.Schwarz
Cyclamen hiemale Hildebr.
Cyclamen hyemale Salisb.
Cyclamen kusnetzovii Kotov & Černova
Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill.
Cyclamen vernale K.Koch
Cyclamen vernum var. hiemale (Hildebr.) O.Schwarz
Cyclaminus coa Asch.
Cyclaminus coum (Mill.) Bergmans
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, TUE Turkey-in-Europe)
     14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey)
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