Aeonium

x wildpretii   Bañares, 1986

Par: Aeonium palmense  H. Christ × Aeonium holochrysum  Webb & Berthel. ('Vestitum')

[Or Aeonium canariense  (L.) Webb & Berthel. × Aeonium holochrysum  (Webb ex Bolle) Pit. & Proust. if palmense is considered to be part of canariense;

or Aeonium arboreum  (L.) Webb & Berthel. × Aeonium palmense  H. Christ if holochrysum is considered as included in arboreum;

or Aeonium arboreum  (L.) Webb & Berthel. × Aeonium canariense  (L.) Webb & Berthel. when both are sunk]

 

Aeonium ×wildpretii  Bañares, Híbridos de la familia Crassulaceae en las islas Canarias. Novedades y datos corológicos, Vieraea 16: 61, 63-64. (Jun) 1986.

Etym: Named for Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre, Professor of Botany, Universidad de La Laguna.

T: Islas Canarias, La Palma, Barranco de La Herradura, 400m; Jun 1980, Manuel Nogales & Ángel Bañares.

HT: TFC 19.941.

Description :

Intermediate between the parents.

Rosettes 15 - 17 cm across, rather flat and densely pubescent.

Stem and branches fairly thick, 2.5 - 4.5 cm.

Leaves 7 - 10 x 4.5 - 5.5 cm, obovate, attenuate at base, slightly apiculate and pubescent, margins often reddish, with curved thick cilia mixed with scarce pubescence. Old leaves persistent as in A. arboreum var. holochrysum.

Flowers yellow.

Distribution : Canary Islands : La Palma, El Hierro.

 

 

Aeonium ×wildpretii Protologue illustration from Bañares, Híbridos de la familia Crassulaceae en las islas Canarias. Novedades y datos corológicos, Vieraea 16: 63. (Jun) 1986.

 

Photos Benoît Henry

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