Ivy-leaved Sowbread

Ivy-leaved Sowbread

These flowers were common in the mixed pine and deciduous forests around Vizzanova. The identification is based on a review of cyclamen in Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean by Marjorie Blamey and Christopher Grey-Wilson. There are several possible species but we based the identification on the shape of the petals, location, habitat and the date of flowering.

Country: France
Location: Vizzanova, Corsica
Family: Primulaceae
Species: Ivy-leaved Sowbread (Cyclamen hederifolium)
Date taken: 27/10/2014