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Cyclamen mirabile is a small tuberous perennial from southwestern Turkey, grown for its autumn flowers and marbled leaves. It needs a dry summer rest and a cool, well-drained spot.
Cyclamen mirabile, sowbread,
is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae. A tufted, tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is native to Turkish pine woodland and maquis in southwestern Turkey. It belongs to the Cyclamen cilicium group of the genus Cyclamen (subgenus Gyrophoebe, series Cilicium). The species was identified and named in 1906.
Cyclamen cilicium · Eastern sowbread · Sowbread · Florist's cyclamen · Cyclamen pseudibericum · European Cyclamen · Spring Sowbread · Sowbread
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
