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Cyclamen rohlfsianum (Cyclamen rohlfsianum)

Description

Tubers are round when young, but become irregular with age, with multiple growing points across the surface of the tuber. Cyclamen purpurascens also has irregular older tubers. Leaves are large, with pointed lobes and prominent ribs, and wider than long. Leaves of Cyclamen hederifolium often have lobes, but are usually longer than wide. Flowers bloom in autumn with the young leaves and have 5 upswept petals, light pink with a darker nose. The stamens and pistil project below the nose, suggesting the shooting stars Dodecatheon, but unlike any other cyclamen.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Primulaceae

              • Genus: Cyclamen