Cyclamen hederifolium, sowbread, or ivy-leaved cyclamen, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to woodland, shrubland, and rocky areas at altitudes of up to 1,200 metres in the Mediterranean region from southern France to western Turkey and on Mediterranean islands. It is also naturalised farther north in Europe and in Oregon. This widespread cyclamen species is widely cultivated and among the most hardy and vigorous in oceanic climates.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ivy-leaved cyclamen being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Cyclamen
- Species
- Cyclamen hederifolium
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