Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen creticum (Dörfl.) Hildebr. |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 19(2): 367 (1906) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | corms flattened, leaves obcordate, subentire, adaxially dark green, silvery variegate, calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, petals ovate-lanceolate, 15-25mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
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 balearicum ssp. creticum (Dörfl.) Ietsw. Cyclamen creticum f. erubescens J.Compton Cyclamen creticum f. pallideroseum Grey-Wilson Cyclamen hederifolium ssp. creticum (Dörfl.) O.Schwarz Cyclamen repandum var. creticum Dörfl. Cyclamen repandum ssp. creticum (Dörfl.) Debussche & J.D.Thomps. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |