Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen somalense Thulin & Warfa |
Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 166: 249 (1989) |
Native Range | ne. Somalia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-1600m |
Description | leaves broadly cordate, dentate, 3-10cm long, adaxially dark grey-green, silvery variegate, petals 12-15mm long, elliptic |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pinkish crimson |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | + |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark division of resting tubers |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (SOM Somalia) |