Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton

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Taxonomy: Fam. Primulaceae// Genus: Cyclamen// Species: Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1998) and Meikle and Sinnott (1964 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Tuberous perennial. Hemicryptophyte – geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from France to Turkey according to the Plants of the World online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Forests and shrubland.

Flowering period: Late summer- autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT.

Locality: Gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 26.10.2021.

Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – developing leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 02.10.2021.

Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kocanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during flowering. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 24.10.2020.

Cyclamen hederifolium-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium-  flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium-  spent flowers and develping leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 20.10.2020.

Cyclamen hederifolium- habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium-  leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.10.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: ridge between the Mala and Golema Rivers. Date: 26.02.2022.

Cyclamen hederifolium – habit during winter. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cyclamen hederifolium – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 26.02.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton. Plants of the World online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700730-1 [Accessed 02.03.2022].

Cyclamen hederifolium. Marhold, K. 2011+: Primulaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3c472535-1821-41c0-86fb-0f1a3b53b5f4 [Accessed 25.03.2026].

Meikle, R. D. and Sinnott, N. H. 1964. Cyclamen L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 25–26.

Micevski, K. 1998. Cyclamen L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I. Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 809–810.

Last update: 25.03.2026.