Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen coum Mill. |
Bibliography | Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 6 (1768) |
Native Range | e. Bulgaria to Caucasus and n. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | corms 2-4cm, globular, pubescent, leaves 3-7cm, variegate or not, reniform to suborbiculate, obtuse, entire, petals with distinct dark violet spot at base |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Cyclamen 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 |
Territory | 1 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) |