Primrose Family
Primrose Family - Primulaceae
Common Sowbread Cyclamen hederifoliumNative to the Mediterranean Region, from France to Turkey. Autumn flowering, with only leaves present in spring.
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Peloponnese Spring Sowbread Cyclamen rhodium ssp. peloponnesiacum
(Cyclamen repandum ssp. peloponnesiacum) Endemic to southern Greece and the Eastern Aegean Islands. The subspecies peloponnesiacum is endemic to the Peloponnese, where it is uncommon in shady places. The subspecies C. rhodium ssp. vividum is endemic to the far south-eastern corner of the Peloponnese. it has rich, carmine-pink flowers of a uniform colour and slightly more elongate leaves.
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Greek Cyclamen Cyclamen graecum
Endemic to Greece. Autumn flowering, so only leaves present during spring visits.
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Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis
Native to the whole of Europe, much of North and North-east Africa and eastwards to Central Asia and the Himalayan Region. Blue-flowered plants (forma azurea) differ from Blue Pimpernel in having broader petals that clearly overlap each other and which have a good number of three-celled marginal hairs with globular tips. Leaves are broad towards the base of the plant, becoming narrower towards the tips of the stems.
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