Aeonium canariense

Aeonium canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It forms large rosettes of leaves close to the ground but the spikes of yellow flowers stand up to 70 cm tall. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, with five subspecies native to different islands.^[1] Subspecies canariense is native of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it grows on dry slopes and cliffs in the north of the island from sea level to about 1300m.^[3]: 162

Aeonium canariense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Aeonium
Species:	A. canariense
Binomial name
Aeonium canariense Webb & Berthel.
Subspecies[1]
5; see text
Synonyms[2]
Sempervivum canariense L.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are accepted.^[1]

• Aeonium canariense subsp. canariense – Tenerife
• Aeonium canariense subsp. christii (Praeger) Bañares – La Palma
• Aeonium canariense subsp. latifolium (Burchard) Bañares – La Gomera
• Aeonium canariense subsp. longithyrsum (Burchard) Cristini – northern El Hierro
• Aeonium canariense subsp. virgineum (Webb ex Christ) Bañares – northern and northwestern Gran Canaria

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  Flower head
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  Flower buds
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  Seeds