Cyclamen graecum, the Greek cyclamen, is a perennial plant in the flowering plant family Primulaceae that grows from a tuber. It is native to southern Greece and Crete, and is prized for its variable leaf forms, which include some of the most striking of any cyclamen.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Greek 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.
Easily confused with
- Cyclamen maritimum
- Cyclamen africanum
- Cyclamen persicum
- Cyclamen cyprium
- Cyclamen balearicum
- Cyclamen hederifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Cyclamen
- Species
- Cyclamen graecum
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