A cyclamen with pale pink or white flowers and leaves that do not appear until late summer after flowering, native to southern Eurasia.
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Cyclamen hederifolium, family Primulaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Among the interesting forest plant species are for instance the rose sowbread, and the mighty stalks of the false hellebore.
From March to June we see an incredible carpet of flowers in the woods (sowbreads, periwinkles, anemones and many others).
In winter and early spring, one can see an abundance of a delicate sowbread Cyclamen abchasicum; in mid-spring grape hyacinth Muscari dolichanthum and star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum arcuatum catch the eye.
If you wanted something brighter, you could look at a mix of the sowbreads, Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen coum.
We can also found the rare purple sowbread here, as well as martagon lily, and sweet mezereon.
Origin
Mid 16th century: so named because the roots are reputedly eaten by wild boars in Sicily.