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Alpine cyclamen
Cyclamen purpurascens
46.2528, 6.07437
Field Notes
Description:
A tuberous perennial with pink flowers, flowering late in the summer and beginning of autumn.
Habitat:
Foothills of Jura mountain range, town park, meadow.
Notes:
In Alps and Jura (and some other French regions), the plant is considered rare and is protected.
To note also that the plant contains toxic glucosides - some varieties were reportedly used as purgatives (??????).
Reference Links:
Cyclamen purpurascens — Wikipédia
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
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