Cyclamen alpinum

Cyclamen alpinum

''Cyclamen alpinum'' is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to pine, juniper, sweetgum, or cedar woodland at 350–1,500 m above sea level in an area of southwestern Turkey, northwest of Antalya, isolated from other species of the ''Cyclamen coum'' group.
Cyclamen alpinum Cyclamen alpinum is a Turkish endemic. I found it in a cedar forest in Turkey, above Kas. Cyclamen alpinum,Geotagged,Spring,Turkey

Appearance

Leaves are oval to round, green and often variegated with silver above and red-purple below.

Flowers have 5 petals, pale rose-pink to pink-carmine or white with a dark magenta spot at the nose, spreading rather than fully upswept and often twisted like the blades of a propeller, as in ''Cyclamen parviflorum'' var. ''subalpinum''.
Tiny micro cyclamen. 1 The tiniest cyclamen I’ve ever seen. Found growing in a very old neglected flower box in my garden. Cyclamen,Cyclamen alpinum,Geotagged,United Kingdom,micro,summer

Naming

The alternate species name ''trochopteranthum'' comes from Greek ''trochós'' "wheel" and ''pterón'' "feather", "wing", probably meaning "propeller" and ''ánthos'' "flower".

The scientific name ''Cyclamen alpinum'' has been applied to three other species as well: ''Cyclamen coum'', ''Cyclamen cilicium'', and ''Cyclamen intaminatum'' .

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderEricales
FamilyPrimulaceae
GenusCyclamen
Species
Photographed in
United Kingdom
Turkey