| Scientific Name: | Cyclamen hederifolium |
| Common Name: | hardy cyclamen |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Mounded, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Crenate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Purple, Pink, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Red, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate, 6-8cm long x 4-6cm wide, palmate venation, usually gray-green with silver-white marbling from fall to spring; peduncles coiled and arise before leaves in late summer, flowers with reflexed petals (hides receptacle and part of the pedicel), pink-purple or white that may be tinged with pink, 2-5cm long. | |