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Aeonium hierrense

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Aeonium hierrense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Aeonium
Species:
A. hierrense
Binomial name
Aeonium hierrense
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

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  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 30 July 2016
  2. ^ a b Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.