Cyclamen persicum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cyclamen persicum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cyclamen persicum, Mill. (C. hederaefolium, Sibth. & Smith. C. indicum, Linn. C. latifolium, Sibth. & Smith. C. macrophyllum, Sieb. C. punicum, Pomel. C. pyrolaefolium, Salisb.). Fig. 1183. The common greenhouse or Persian cyclamen, in many forms: tuber large, flattened endwise, corky on the outside: lvs. appearing with the fls., ovate, crenate-dentate, base deeply cordate, usually marbled or variegated with white: fls. on scapes 6-7 in. high, large, scentless, white, purple-blotched at the mouth, but with rose-colored, purple and spotted forms, the segms. oblong-spatulate in shape, not eared or lobed at the base: pedicel not coiling in fr. Greece to Syria. The large-fld. cult. forms are grouped as follows by Pax & Knuth: Var. album (C. aleppicum, Hort.). Pure white. Var. giganteum. White with red throat; very large. Var. magnificum (var. punctatum). White, speckled with red, large. Var. rubrum. Red. var. sanguineum. Light blood-red, large. Var. rosea-superbum. Brilliant rose-red, large. Var. purpureum. Purple with bluish markings, large. Var. violaceum. Violet-red. Var.atrorubrum and var. splendens. Dark red, large. The var. giganteum (C. giganteum, Hort.) is the common large-fld., improved form of the florist's cyclamen. There are also double-fld. forms (R.H. 1886, p. 250); also fimbriate or crested forms, C. Papilio (I.H. 43:63. G.F. 5:235. G.C. III. 21:71; 23:173). Other portraits of C. persicum are: B.M. 44. I.H. 35:43. Gn. 47:378; 48:182. J.H. III. 34:578. Gt. 44, p. 203; 45, p. 164. F.S. 22:2345. A.G. 14:390-2; 17:261. A.F. 7:521-5; 11:1176-9; 12:499. The species is frequently figured in the trade catalogues. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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