- Cyclamen balearicum
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Cyclamen balearicum 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Myrsinaceae Genus: Cyclamen Subgenus: Psilanthum Binomial name Cyclamen balearicum
Willk.Cyclamen balearicum (Majorca or Balearic cyclamen, St. Peter's violet, sowbread) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to shady areas in woodland of short evergreen trees and shrubs (holm oak, Kermes oak, box) up to 1,443 m (4,734 ft) above sea level in the Balearic Islands and in isolated locations in France from the Pyrenees to the Rhone valley.
Description
Flowers bloom in spring, are fragrant, and have 5 upswept white petals.
Leaves are arrowhead-shaped and blue-green mottled with silver, with less sharply defined variegation than other cyclamens.
External links
- Cyclamen Society
- Pacific Bulb Society
- Virtual Herbarium of the Western Mediterranean
- Photos of leaves from trip to Majorca — Midland Alpine Gardener's Diary (middle of page)
- White flowers page — Flora of Mallorca
- Photo — TrekNature
- Photo — BioLib
- Photo — PBase
- Photos — Mallorca es así también (Spanish)
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