Eastern Sowbread (Cyclamen coum)

Eastern Sowbread, a reference photo — Photo: Ian Kirk from Broadstone, Dorset, UK · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Cyclamen coum, the eastern sowbread, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial, growing to 5–8 cm (2–3 in), with rounded heart-shaped leaves and pink shell-shaped flowers with darker coloration at the base. It is valued in horticulture as groundcover, and for the flowers which bloom in winter and early spring.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Eastern Sowbread 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 alpinum
Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen repandum
Cyclamen persicum
Cyclamen africanum

Classification

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

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