Cilician sowbread, Boar radish (Endemic to Turkey)
Six of the Cyclamen species distributed in Turkey are endemic to our country. The flowering period is separated between spring and autumn is one of the obvious distinquishing marks between species. Cyclamen mirabile flowers during autumn. The ancient names of the region have frequently been used for naming the plant types discovered around Antalya and its environs. Hence, the words Lycia, Pisidia, Isauria and Cilicia are frequently used in the scientific epithets of the species. Cyclamen cilicium that takes its name from the regions ancient name, and is distributed in black pine and fir forests, rocky areas and scrubs at altitudes ranging between 700-2000 m. They are plants with small tubers having diameters of about 3-5 cm. The leaves come to life during the autumn along with the flowers. The length of the leaves reaches 3 cm, almost equal to the width, suborbicular in shape. The margins are entire or obscurely and remotely denticulate. The colour of the flowers ranges from white to different tones of pink. The fruiting pedicels coil spirally from apex.
