| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. |
| Bibliography | Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2. (1768) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 300-1300m |
| Description | corms at first spherical, than flattened, leaves dark green, silvery variegate, abaxially dark red-violet, flowers with dark eye, fragrant |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | autumn, spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Cyclamen aestivum Rchb. Cyclamen breviflorum Jord. Cyclamen clusii Lindl. Cyclamen cordifolium Stokes Cyclamen cyclophyllum Jord. Cyclamen deltoideum Tausch Cyclamen europaeum L. Cyclamen europaeum var. littorale (Sadler ex Rchb.) Guiheneuf Cyclamen europaeum var. peakianum Guiheneuf Cyclamen floridum Salisb. Cyclamen hastatum Tausch Cyclamen holochlorum Jord. Cyclamen lilacinum Jord. Cyclamen littorale Sadler ex Rchb. Cyclamen officinale Wender. ex Steud. Cyclamen officinarum Wender. Cyclamen purpurascens f. album Grey-Wilson Cyclamen purpurascens f. carmineolineatum Hendrikx Cyclamen retroflexum Moench Cyclamen rotundifolium St.-Lag. Cyclamen umbratile Jord. Cyclamen variegatum Pohl Cyclaminus europea (L.) Asch. Cyclaminus europaeus Scop. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |