Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen repandum Sm. |
Bibliography | Fl. Graec. Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith] 1: 128 (1806) |
Native Range | s. Switzerland and se. France to c. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | corms minute, compressed, leaves ovate-triangular, acute, cordate, sinuate-lobate, broadly obtusely crenate, mucronate, calyx lobes ovate, acuminate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Cyclamen europaeum ssp. repandum (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens Cyclamen ficariifolium Rchb. Cyclamen ilicetorum Jord. Cyclamen immaculatum Mazziari Cyclamen lobospilum Jord. Cyclamen repandum f. album Grey-Wilson Cyclamen vernum Rchb. Cyclaminus repanda (Sm.) Asch. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) |