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Spring Sowbread

Cyclamen repandum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 1, February 13, March 158, April 760, May 231, June 18, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 1, December 1.
Italy1,184
Centro686
Croatia407
Isole301
France221
Corse214
Sud192
Primorje-Gorski Kotar168
Split-Dalmatia89
Zadar County84

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyprimrose family · Primulaceae
GenusCyclamen · Cyclamen

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Spring Sowbread with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.