Biology:Aeonium hierrense

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Short description: Species of succulent

Aeonium hierrense
Aeonium Hirense summer.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Aeonium
Species:
A. hierrense
Binomial name
Aeonium hierrense
(R.P.Murray) J.Pitard & L.Proust
Synonyms[1]
  • Sempervivum hierrense R.P.Murray

Aeonium hierrense is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae that is endemic to the island of El Hierro in the Canary islands.[2]:167 It has whorls of strongly ciliate leaves borne on a stem up to 1m in height. The leaves takes on an attractive purple colour during the summer, being quite green in the winter. It produces whitish pink flowers that have 8-fold symmetry.[2]

References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623587, retrieved 30 July 2016 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q774082 entry