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.