Cyclamen graecum, Link

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 25

2. C. graecum Link , Linnaea 9: 573 (1835)

(inch C. mindleri Heldr. ).

Tuber 3-10 cm in diameter, globose or depressed-globose, corky, rooting only from the base, with retractile roots. Leaves 3-7(-10) x 2-5-6(-8) cm, appearing in autumn or winter after anthesis, cordate, acute or obtuse; margins minutely and obtusely denticulate, rarely angled. Corolla white or pale pink with dark purple bifurcate or trifurcate blotches at the throat; lobes c. 20 mm, auriculate at base. Style included or slightly exserted. Fruiting pedicel coiling from the middle or base. Flowering from September to December. 2n = 78-80. Greece and Aegean region. Cr Gr.