Keyed Out #056 — Cyclamen hederifolium

Question 1

The five {stamen} are attached to the flower tube directly in front of the five lobes, not offset into the gaps between them.

Accepted Answer

primrose family

Question 2

Cut the swelling green fruit across and the seeds are packed around a free column rising in the centre of one undivided chamber, with no walls dividing the space.

Accepted Answer

Primulaceae

Question 3

Once a flower has set seed its {peduncle} winds into a tight spring, lowering the ripening {capsule} until it lies against the soil.

Accepted Answer

Cyclamen

Question 4

There is no leafy stem at all: every leaf and every flower stalk rises separately and directly from a flattened disc of storage tissue at ground level.

Accepted Answer

Cyclamen

Question 5

At the mouth of the flower the base of each swept-back lobe curls outward into a small ear-like flange or shoulder.

Accepted Answer

Cyclamen hederifolium

Question 6

Its flattened storage disc puts out roots from the upper surface and the shoulders, leaving the whole underside bare.

Accepted Answer

Cyclamen hederifolium