CYCLAMEN HEDERIFOLIUM
Author:
William Aiton, 1789
Family:
PRIMULACEAE
Origin:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France and Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia, Western Turkey
Elevation:
Publisher:
Aiton. (1789). In: Hort. Kew. 1: 196.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
25 Centimetres
Height:
15 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Cyclamen europaeum, Carl Linnaeus, 1753.
Cyclamen neapolitanum var. album Hort. ex Malley.
Cyclamen neapolitanum Ten. 1813. (Cyclamen creticum Hildebr. 1906 -> Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. creticum, O. Schwarz, 1938) (Cyclamen africanum, Pierre Edmond Boissier & George François Reuter, 1852 -> Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. africanum, J. H. Ietswaart, 2005).
This member of the Primulaceae was described by William Aiton in 1789. It is found in, Turkey, Bulgaria Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, France and Switzerland. It grows in the forests in rich soil with little to some water and little to lots of sun. It can stand rather hard frost. The caudex can grow up to 25 centimetres or more in diameter, the leaves will get fifteen centimetres height. The flowers wary in colour from white to light pink.
The genera name from Greek kyklos: 'circle' referring to the rounded tubers. The species name hederifolium means ivy-leaved. According to GRIN, it is a member of the Myrsinaceae family. June-August. The stalk curls up when the fruit is fertilized.
Flower
White - Light Pink
Soil
Mix - Peat
Water
Minimum - Medium
Sun
Minimum - Maximum
