Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen colchicum (Albov) Correvon |
Bibliography | Jardin 11: 378 (1897) |
Native Range | w. Transcaucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 300-2500m |
Description | leaves broadly cordate, crenate, abaxially purple, adaxially sparsely green-white variegate, petioles and stems densely red hirsute, corolla lobes 8-12mm long, oblong |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | autumn |
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 europaeum var. colchicum Albov Cyclamen europaeum ssp. ponticum (Albov) O.Schwarz Cyclamen europaeum var. ponticum Albov Cyclamen ponticum (Albov) Pobed. Cyclamen purpurascens ssp. ponticum (Albov) Grey-Wilson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) |