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Primulaceae

Eastern sowbread

Cyclamen coum Mill.

Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Cyclamen

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Eastern sowbread (Cyclamen coum)
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
بخور مريم أسمر, حلقي أسمر
Armenian
Արջտակ կովկասյան
arz
بخور مريم اسمر
Azerbaijani
Qafqaz meşənovruzu
Bulgarian
Пролетно ботурче
Chinese
小花仙客来, 健生仙客来
Croatian
Zimska ciklama
Danish
Tidlig Alpeviol
Dutch
Rondbladige cyclaam, Cyclaam van Coum
English
Eastern sowbread, Persian violet
Estonian
Ümaralehine alpikann
Finnish
Balkaninsyklaami
German
Vorfrühlings-Alpenveilchen
Hebrew
רקפת יוונית
Hungarian
Kislevelű ciklámen
Japanese
シクラメン・コウム
Macedonian
Зимска циклама
Malayalam
സൈക്ലമെൻ കൗം
Persian
نگونسار برگ گرد جنگلی, نگون سار برگ گرد جنگلی
Russian
Цикламен кавказский
Serbian (Latin)
Zimska ciklama
Ukrainian
Цикламен Кузнецова
Welsh
Bara`r-hwch y gaeaf

Synonyms

  • Cyclamen coum subsp. hiemale O.Schwarz
  • Cyclamen hiemale Hilebr.
  • Cyclamen hyemale Salib.
  • Cyclaminus coum (Mill.) Bergmans

Flowers

In flower
January to March (from 439 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.