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Cyclamen persicum grows wild in south western Turkey, The Hatay and Adana Provinces of southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos and Crete, Algeria and Tunisia. There is no doubt that the populations through the Hatay, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel are natural, but there are theories that those in the various islands and North Africa may be plants which were introduced by monks or other religious orders as there appears to be a relationship between these populations and monasteries or at least cemeteries.
Cyclamen persicum grows in a variety of habitats: maquis, garigue, open scrub, rocky hillsides, abandoned olive groves, or in woodland. It grows from Sea Level to 1200m (3,940 ft). It is found growing on graves in the old Turkish Cemetery in Rhodes Town, and in snow on the top of the Golan Heights in Israel.
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