Persian cyclamen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cyclamen persicum
A typical wild form along the green path between Yagur and Nesher, Israel
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Cyclamen albidum Jord. Cyclamen aleppicum Fisch. ex Hoffmanns. Cyclamen antiochium Decne. Cyclamen hederaceum Sieber ex Steud. Cyclamen latifolium Sm. Cyclamen persicum f. albidum (Jord.) Grey-Wilson Cyclamen punicum Pomel Cyclamen pyrolifolium Salisb. Cyclamen tunetanum Jord. Cyclamen utopicum Hoffmanns. Cyclamen vernale Mill. Cyclamen vulgare Champy Cyclaminus persica (Mill.) Asch.

Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Palestine and Jordan.

Images for kids

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  Cyclamen persicum cultivars in a Californian nursery operated by Japanese horticulturalists

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  A flowering plant in Nazareth

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  A flowering plant in the Eshtaol Forest in Israel

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  The autumn-flowering variety (C. persicum var. autumnale) with Sternbergia clusiana in the Golan Heights

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  Pollinated flowers of a cultivated specimen of C. persicum, showing stem curling

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  Cyclamen persicum in Israel

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  In the wild

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  At a garden centre

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  Rose coloured variety

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  Emerging flower

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  White flowers

See also

In Spanish: Cyclamen persicum para niños