x orbelindanum  Bañares, 1996

Par: Aeonium canariense  (L.) Webb & Berthel. var. canariense × Aeonium pseudourbicum Bañares

[Or Aeonium canariense  (L.) Webb & Berthel. × Aeonium urbicum if pseudourbicum is included in urbicum.]

Aeonium ×orbelindanum  Bañares, Híbridos de la familia Crassulaceae en las islas Canarias. Novedades y datos corológicos. III, Vieraea 25: 188-190. 1996 (publ. 1997) ("orbelindense").

Etym: Named in dedication to Orbelinda Bermúdez Domínguez.

T: Islas Canarias, Tenerife, Barranco de Masca, 600m; May 1991, Ángel Bañares.

HT: TFC 37.966.

Obs: Also found by the author in the Barranca de los Carrizales. The name termination is corrected in accordance with Art. 60.12.

Description :

Intermediate between the parents.

Stem 20 - 24 cm tall, 4 - 5 cm thick.

Rosettes 9 - 14 cm across.

Leaves 8 - 10 x 3 - 4.5 cm, spatulate, apiculate, glandular-pubescent, green, under side reddish, margins ciliate and pubescent.

Inflorescence pyramidal, 20 - 24 x 14 - 16 cm, peduncle glandular-pubescent.

Flowers 8-9-merous, calyx glandular-pubescent, petals 7 - 8 mm long, yellowish-white.

Flowering time : April.

Distribution : Canary Islands : Tenerife.