Cyclamen coum, the eastern sowbread,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.

It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial, growing to 5–8 cm (2–3 in), with rounded heart-shaped leaves and pink shell-shaped flowers with darker coloration at the base.

The edge is smooth or gently toothed, but never angled and pointed as in Cyclamen hederifolium.

[citation needed] The flowers are squat, with almost round petals, unlike any other group of cyclamen species.

[7] Along with C. hederifolium and C. purpurascens, C. coum is one of the hardiest cyclamen species, growing well in an area of New York where the temperature has reached as low as −19 °F (−28 °C).