Cyclamen balearicum

Species of flowering plant

Cyclamen balearicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Psilanthum
Species:
C. balearicum
Binomial name
Cyclamen balearicum
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Cyclamen balearicum, the Majorca or Balearic cyclamen,[1] St. Peter's violet or sowbread, is a perennial plant 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.

The flowers bloom in spring, are fragrant, and have five upswept white petals.[1] The leaves are arrowhead-shaped and blue-green mottled with silver, with less sharply defined variegation than other cyclamens.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cyclamen balearicum". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

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Wikispecies has information related to Cyclamen balearicum.
  • 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 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine page — Flora of Mallorca
  • Photo — TrekNature
  • Photo — BioLib
  • Photo — PBase
  • Photos — Mallorca es así también (Spanish)
  • Mark Griffiths Cyclamen species cultivation and photos site
Taxon identifiers
Cyclamen balearicum