Cyclamen elegans
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| Subgenus: | Gyrophoebe
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| Cyclamen elegans | |
Cyclamen elegans (= Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan. It is native to forest in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran and extreme southeastern Azerbaijan below 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation, where it can even be found growing in moss on the lower limbs of trees.
It is similar to Cyclamen coum, and was once considered a subspecies (Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans), but leaves and petals are longer as well as C. elegans flowering earlier in October or November.[1]
The petals of C. elegans also have a dark blotch at the base of each petal in the flower head.[1]
References
- ^ a b Christopher Grey-Wilson Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists, p. 57, at Google Books
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