Cyclamen colchicum

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae}}

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| image = Cyclamen colchicum 13-10-2009.jpg

| genus = Cyclamen

| parent = Cyclamen subg. Cyclamen

| species = colchicum

| authority = {{Albov}}

| synonyms = Cyclamen purpurascens subsp. ponticum ({{Albov}}) {{Grey-Wilson}}

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Cyclamen colchicum is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to densely shaded areas among rocks or tree roots in woodland on limestone at {{convert|300|-|800|m|ft|abbr=on}} elevation in the autonomous republic of Adjara in Georgia, about {{convert|1900|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the range of the closely related species Cyclamen purpurascens. Unlike C. purpurascens, leaves are very thick and leathery with finely toothed edges.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100414110209/http://www.cyclamen.org/colch_set.html Cyclamen Society]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gu-ECTN0PFcC&pg=PA129 Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists, and botanists] by C. Grey-Wilson — Google Books (picture of leaf shape)
[http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CyclamenSpeciesOne#colchicum Pacific Bulb Society]
[https://inspiringplants.org/cyclamen-colchicum/ Mark Griffiths Inspiring Plants.org] (Cyclamen colchicum)
[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Cyclamen+colchicum IPNI Listing]
[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2749719 Kew Plant List]