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Cyclamen hederifolium

Common name(s): Ivy-Leaved Cyclamen, Neapolitan Cyclamen, Sowbread
Family name: Primulaceae
Common family name: Primrose Family
USDA hardiness zone(s): 4
Perennation: perennial
Light level: partial shade
Flower color: pink, purple, white
Plant height: 4 inches
Plant spread: 6 inches - 12 inches
Deciduous: deciduous
Growth form: clump-forming
Leaf color: green, white
Range: wide distribution stretching from southeastern France, through Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, (including Crete and many of the Aegean Islands) and western Turkey.
Habit: geophyte
Special characteristics:
This tuberous perennial grows to 6" with somewhat ivy-shaped leaves patterned with silvery-green. The flowers are pink with a purple blotch at the base of each lobe, opening before or with the leaves. This species blooms in fall and looks good planted as a mass. It will naturalize in a woodland area.

Zones 4 - 9

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