Aeonium hierrense
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Aeonium |
| Species: | A. hierrense
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Aeonium hierrense is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae that is endemic to the island of El Hierro in the Canary islands.[2]: 167 It has whorls of strongly ciliate leaves borne on a stem up to 1m in height. The leaves takes on an attractive purple colour during the summer, being quite green in the winter. It produces whitish pink flowers that have 8-fold symmetry.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 30 July 2016
- ^ a b Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.
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