| Scientific Name: | Cyclamen persicum (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | cyclamen, florest hybrid cyclamen |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Succulent, Glabrous, Orbicular, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Violet, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-Dec, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, in clumps, heart-shaped (ovate, base cordate), most 5-8(-15)cm long x 3-7(-13)cm wide, dark green, and often variegated with silver blotching or veining, margin crenate, petioles 5-10cm long,; flowers with downward sepals and reflexed petals that unfold in a curved and upward position at the tips. | |