Cyclamen purpurascens, the purple cyclamen, is a species of flowering plant native to central Europe, northern Italy, and former Yugoslavia. It is an evergreen tuberous perennial with variegated leaves, and deep pink flowers in summer.

Cyclamen purpurascens grows in deciduous or mixed woodland, especially among beeches and over limestone, at 250-1,300 m (800-4,300 ft) in continental Europe from eastern France across the Alps to Poland and south to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also found in mountainous parts of Romania and western Russia, where it has been introduced.

C. purpurascens blooms from summer to autumn, keeps its leaves through the winter, and produces seeds and new leaves the next summer.
Flowers and leaves come from buds at the top of a round-flattened tuber. Roots come from the sides and bottom. Older tubers may form "fingers" with separate growth points.

Flowers appear before or with the leaves, and have 5 upswept petals. Flowers are sweetly scented, ranging in color from pale rose-pink to purple or rose-carmine.

Type: Perennial

Hardiness zones: 6-9

Height: 10cm, 4"

Location: Shade

Seeds per packet: 5