x beltranii   Bañares, 1986

Par: Aeonium decorum Bolle × Aeonium subplanum Praeger

[or Aeonium canariense (L.) Webb & Berthel. × Aeonium decorum Bolle if subplanum is included in canariense]

Aeonium ×beltranii Bañares, Híbridos de la familia Crassulaceae en las islas Canarias. Novedades y datos corológicos, Vieraea 16: 69, 70. (Jun) 1986.

Etym: Named for Esperanza Beltrán Tejera, Professor of Botany, Universidad de La Laguna.

T: Islas Canarias, La Gomera, Parque Nacional de Garajonay, Mirador del Bailadero, 950m; Mar 1981, Ángel Bañares.

HT: TFC 19.946.

Short description :

Intermediate between the parents.

Stem much branched, rugose.

Rosettes numerous, almost flat, 12 -15 cm across

Leaves obovate-subspatulate, acuminate, 7 - 9 x 2.5. - 3.3 cm, slightly glandular-pubescent, margins reddish, with some hyaline cilia mixed with pubescence.

Inflorescence 35 x 18 cm, peduncle glandular hairy.

Flowers 8-9-merous, yellowh green to almost white, calyx glandular pubescent, petals densly pubescent at margins and outside

Flowering time : March - April.

Distribution : La Gomera (El Bailodero), 950 m.