x aguajilvense   Bañares, 1996

Par: Aeonium castello-paivae  Bolle × Aeonium gomerense  (Praeger) Praeger

Aeonium ×aguajilvense  Bañares, Híbridos de la familia Crassulaceae en las islas Canarias. Novedades y datos corológicos. III, Vieraea 25: 182-184. 1996 (publ. 1997).

Etym: Named for Aguajilva, the type locality.

T: Islas Canarias, La Gomera, Barranco de Aguajilva, c. 6km NW of San Sebastián de la Gomera; May 1991, Ángel Bañares.

HT: TFC 37.963.

Description :

Intermediate between the parents.

Stem robust, 1.5 cm thick, branches long, thin, ascending, with adventitious roots.

Rosette 5 - 10 cm in diameter.

Leaves similar to A. castello-paivae but bigger,  3 - 6 x 1.5 - 2.3 cm, spathulate, apiculate, glaucous, margins red at apex, sparcely ciliate.

Inflorescence subglobose, lax, 13 - 15 cm, peduncle puberulous (not glandular-pubescent as in A. castello-paivae), pedicels 2 - 4 mm.

Flowers : Calyx glandular-pubescent, petals puberulent.

Distribution : La Gomera, Aguajilva, 700 m.