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Scientific Name:
Cyclamen repandum
Pronunciation:
SICK-luh-min REP-an-dum
Common Name:
hardy cyclamen, spring sowbread
Family Name:
Primulaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, heart-shaped, dark green with a lighter arrowhead pattern, up to 8cm long..

Habit:
Pendulous
Form:
Mounded, Vase
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Perennial border, Woodland margin
Additional Info:

Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Surfaces:
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate, Sagittate
Margins:
Crenate, Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Purple, Pink
Flower Time at Peak:
Mar, Apr, May
Additional Info:
Petals reflexed covering the receptacle and part of the pedicel

Fruit Type:
Berry (true)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jun, Jul

Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Tubers
Pest Susceptibility:
Mites (Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)

Course(s):
  • not used (off campus)
Location(s):
  • (NCA)  Not Currently Available : not used
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