General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Variegated
Other: Thick, leathery leaves with finely toothed edges
Fruit: Other: A round pod on a coiled stem
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Cyclamen
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cyclamen colchicum
  • Synonym: Cyclamen purpurascens subsp. ponticum

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Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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