Cyclamen creticum Hildebr.

Tuber flattened on top. Leaves ivy-shaped, patterned, sometimes with silver markings, emerging in autumn. Flowers white, petals twisted.

Winter/spring flowering.

Crete

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Primulaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Primulaceae
genus        Cyclamen L.