| 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) |