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What is this leaf from?

Mike FridayMike Friday Posts: 83
in Plants
Normally it's hard to identify a plant from a single leaf, but this one looked like it might not be a problem. They're ground-cover, about 6ins in height, are currently in a local park. They were flowereless, and when I saw them the name Peperomia came to mind, but they are classed as frost-tender. The leaf is roughly 2ins x 2ins, and a maroon colour on the reverse. At the time, I didn't have a camera so I relied on a single leaf plucked for identification.



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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited October 2022
    cyclamen maybe?

    PS - If you put it in some compost and keep it indoors it may root!
    Snip the end of the stem first just a fraction as it's probably dried my now.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Mike FridayMike Friday Posts: 83
    You could possibly be right, as they were some clumps of Cyclamen growing in the vicinity but they were in flower.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Yes Cyclamen Hederifolium flowers and they are followed by the leaves.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    That looks like a Cyclamen coum leaf to me. They are more rounded than C. hederifolium


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Mike FridayMike Friday Posts: 83
    nutcutlet: I agree, definitely more rounded. You're in the lead in the identification stakes!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Mike Friday said:
    nutcutlet: I agree, definitely more rounded. You're in the lead in the identification stakes!
    I'm sure you know that hederifolium means leaves like Ivy which could hardly be applied to this one


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @nutcutlet I wondered if it was C coum but was put off by the fact that it doesn't flower at this time of year and thought it would be underground. Guess it is the old story of plants doing things out of season. Yes C coum not C hederifolium.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    GardenerSuze said:
    @nutcutlet I wondered if it was C coum but was put off by the fact that it doesn't flower at this time of year and thought it would be underground. Guess it is the old story of plants doing things out of season. Yes C coum not C hederifolium.
    Hi Suze, Mike says flowerless, the leaves of mine are appearing now. They leaf first, I'm not expecting flowers til the new year


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @nutcutlet I am typing this and recall a carpet of C coum in a garden nearby that flowers in the winter both leaves and flowers at the same time. Sadly I have never had any luck with C coum but C hederifolium is everywhere thanks to the ants.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    GardenerSuze said:
    @nutcutlet I am typing this and recall a carpet of C coum in a garden nearby that flowers in the winter both leaves and flowers at the same time. Sadly I have never had any luck with C coum but C hederifolium is everywhere thanks to the ants.
    Maybe it's a little less tolerant of my abuse, C. hederifolium are everywhere here but coum much less so. They do seed into grass paths a lot which might give us a clue if I could work out the answer


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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