| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 1: 196 (1789) |
| Native Range | France to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Altitude | 100-1200m |
| Description | corms black, discoid-compressed, leaves ovate-triangular, cordate, shallowly lobate, minutely crenate, flowers large, calyx lobes abruptly acuminate, corolla purple variegate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | whitish, red |
| 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 albiflorum Jord. Cyclamen angulare Jord. Cyclamen autumnale J.Boos Cyclamen cyclaminus Bedevian Cyclamen hederifolium f. albiflorum (Jord.) Grey-Wilson Cyclamen hederifolium var. poli (Delle Chiaje) Giardina & Raimondo Cyclamen hederifolium ssp. romanum (Griseb.) O.Schwarz Cyclamen hederifolium f. virgineum B.Mathew Cyclamen insulare Jord. Cyclamen linearifolium DC. Cyclamen neapolitanum Ten. Cyclamen oedirrhizum Jord. Cyclamen poli Delle Chiaje Cyclamen romanum Griseb. Cyclamen sabaudum Jord. Cyclamen subhastatum Rchb. Cyclaminum vernum Bubani Cyclaminus neapolitana (Ten.) Asch. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |