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Common name: Florist's Cyclamen, Persian cyclamen
Botanical name: Cyclamen persicum var. persicum Family: Primulaceae (primrose family)
Cyclamen persicum grows wild in south western Turkey, The Hatay and Adana
Provinces of southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Greek
islands of Rhodes, Karpathos and Crete, Algeria and Tunisia. The flowers are
generally white (sometimes a soft pink, or with a pink flush) with a deep pink
or crimson-magenta zone at the base of each petal. Flowers have recurved
petals, which look as if they have been turned "inside out" and occur at
the top of succulent stems (8" long)
Thick leaves are round to heart shaped with toothed margins and are dark
green, marbled with silver. The genus is notable for
the fact that although it is small, there are species which flower in every
month of the year.
| Photographed in Yogi Nursery,
Delhi |
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