Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen caucasicum Willd. ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 11 (1875) |
Native Range | Caucasus to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves petiolate ovate to orbiculate, entire, variegate, abaxially reddish, obtusely acute, flowers solitary, 5-merous, corolla lobes ca. 1cm |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Cyclamen abchasicum (Medw.) Kolak. ex Pobed. Cyclamen adzharicum Pobed. Cyclamen calcareum Kolak. Cyclamen circassicum Pobed. Cyclamen coum var. abchasicum Medw. Cyclamen coum ssp. caucasicum (K.Koch) O.Schwarz Cyclamen coum var. caucasicum (K.Koch) Meikle Cyclamen coum var. ibericum Boiss. Cyclamen europaeum var. caucasicum K.Koch Cyclamen ibericum Goldie ex G.Don Cyclamen vernum Sweet Cyclamen vernum var. abchasicum (Medw.) Menitsky Cyclamen vernum var. caucasicum O.Schwarz Cyclamen vernum f. pseudocoum O.Schwarz Cyclamen zonale Jord. Cyclaminus ibericus (Goldie ex G.Don) Bergmans |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia |