Cyclamen persicum

Cyclamen persicum
A typical wild form along the green path between Yagur and Nesher, Israel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Species:	C. persicum
Binomial name
Cyclamen persicum Mill.
Synonyms
Cyclamen albidum Jord. Cyclamen aleppicum Fisch. ex Hoffmanns. Cyclamen antiochium Decne. Cyclamen hederaceum Sieber ex Steud. Cyclamen latifolium Sm. Cyclamen persicum f. albidum (Jord.) Grey-Wilson Cyclamen punicum Pomel Cyclamen pyrolifolium Salisb. Cyclamen tunetanum Jord. Cyclamen utopicum Hoffmanns. Cyclamen vernale Mill. Cyclamen vulgare Champy Cyclaminus persica (Mill.) Asch.

Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Palestine and Jordan.