Cyclamen persicum | |
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A typical wild form along the green path between Yagur and Nesher, Israel | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Primulaceae |
Genus: | Cyclamen |
Species: | C. persicum
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Binomial name | |
Cyclamen persicum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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 the Levant.[1] Cultivars of this species are the commonly seen florist's cyclamen.