Coincya cintrana is a flowering plant of the family Brassicaceae. It's a hemicryptophyte plant, and it grows on walls, in steep areas and in rocky slopes. It flowers from April until June. The species authority is (Cout.) P.Silva, and was published in Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 60: 153. 1987. It is protected by Portuguese and European Union legislations, namely by the annex II and IV of the Habitats Directive.