Cyclamen balearicum, the Majorca or Balearic cyclamen, 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 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. The leaves are arrowhead-shaped and blue-green mottled with silver, with less sharply defined variegation than other cyclamens.
References
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) Mark Griffiths Cyclamen species cultivation and photos site