Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Cyclamen graecum Link |
Bibliography | Linnaea 9: 573 (1835) |
Native Range | e. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | corms large, ovate-globular, leaves orbiculate-ovate, cordate, densely obtusely crenate-dentate, abaxially red, flowers large, calyx lobes shortly lanceolate, acute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | autumn |
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 aegineticum Hildebr. Cyclamen gaidurowryssii Glasau Cyclamen graecum f. album R.Frank & E.Frank Cyclamen graecum ssp. mindleri (Heldr.) A.Davis & Goavaerts Cyclamen macrophyllum Sieber Cyclamen miliarakesii Heldr. ex Halácsy Cyclamen mindleri (Heldr.) Dyer Cyclamen pentelici Hildebr. Cyclamen persicum ssp. mindleri (Heldr.) Knuth Cyclamen velutinum Jord. Cyclaminos miliarakesii Heldr. ex Knuth Cyclaminos mindleri Heldr. Cyclaminus graeca (Link.) Asch. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |