Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Mediterranean shrubland
Range: Eastern Mediterranean
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

A compact houseplant prized for its vivid reflexed petals that sweep dramatically upward, creating a butterfly-like silhouette. Each bloom emerges on its own long stalk from a flat underground corm and can last for months in cool indoor conditions.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Cyclamen
Species: Cyclamen persicum