Saturday, February 28, 2015

Cyclamen persicum (Polish postage stamp)

  Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Israel and Jordan. It also grows in Algeria and Tunisia and on the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Crete, where it may have been introduced by monks. Cultivars of this species are the commonly seen florist's cyclamen.
  • Original Name: "Cyklamen Perski"
  • Artist: A. Balcerzak
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1964-11-30
  • Subject: Flowers
  • Estimated cost: 20 gr. (at the rate of exchange 1964)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1541