[1] Cyclamen parviflorum is native to alpine tundra and subalpine woodland and meadow at 1,200–2,400 m (3,900–7,900 ft) above sea level in the eastern part of the Pontic Mountains of northern Turkey.

In the lower-elevation part of its range, it inhabits grassy slopes, rocky places, and oriental spruce forests, sometimes beneath Rhododendron luteum.

At higher elevations, it grows among Rhododendron and Vaccinium shrubs or in alpine meadow; here snow may be as much as 1 metre (3.3 ft) deep.

They lack the white or pink "eye" below the dark marking that is present in Cyclamen coum.

subalpinum has petals bent outwards, not up (8–11 mm, 5⁄16-1⁄2 inch long), and twisted like the blades of a propeller, similar to Cyclamen alpinum.