A delicate flowering plant with heart-shaped leaves and distinctive pink, purple, or white flowers that have petals bent backward.
From Greek 'kyklaminos,' possibly derived from 'kyklos' (circle) referring to the plant's round tubers or seed capsules. The plant was known to ancient Greeks and Romans. The name entered English through Medieval Latin botanical terminology.
Cyclamen flowers have a wild trick—their stems spiral and pull the developing seed pods down toward the ground to hide them, which is absolutely genius camouflage against hungry animals! The Persian cyclamen is a winter-blooming houseplant that flowers when almost nothing else does.
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