Aeonium undulatum
Aeonium undulatum
Aeonium undulatum is a species of the genus Aeonium in the family Crassulaceae ( Crassulaceae ).
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aeonium undulatum grows as a perennial, not or slightly branched from the base, often monocarper shrub, reaching heights of growth of up to 2.5 meters. Smooth, bare, more or less upright shoots have a diameter of 10 to 30 millimeters. Their flattened in the center of rosette reach a diameter of 10 to 30 centimeters. The oblanceolate - spateligen or spateligen oblong, dark green, almost leafless leaves are 6-18 inches long, 3-5 inches wide and 0.15 to 0.3 inches thick. Towards the peak, they are tapered and carry a mounted Spitzchen. The base is wedge-shaped. The leaf margin is busy with curved eyelashes that are 0.5 to 2 millimeters long. The leaves are often reddish variegat along the edge and near the tip.
Generative features
The inflorescence has a length of 12 to 50 centimeters and a width of 12 to 40 centimeters. The peduncle is 5-20 inches long. The nine-to zwölfzähligen flowers are on a 1 to 8 millimeters long, bare flower stalk. Their sepals are bald. The yellow, lance-shaped, trimmed petals are 6-8 mm long and 1.2 to 1.5 millimeters wide. The stamens are bald.
Systematics and distribution
Aeonium undulatum is widespread in Gran Canaria at altitudes from 300 to 1500 meters.
The first description by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot was published in 1841. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Sempervivum undulatum ( Webb & Berthel. ) Webb ex Christ ( 1888).