Balsam aeonium
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The balsam aeonium ( Aeonium balsamiferum ) is a species of the genus Aeonium and belongs to the family of thick-leaf plants (Crassulaceae).
description
The balsam aeonium forms perennial, very sparsely branched subshrubs with heights of up to 1.5 meters, which spread a resinous scent of balsam . Its bald, smooth shoots , which often occur in groups, are more or less erect or ascending with a diameter of 8 to 20 millimeters. The rosettes are somewhat flattened in the center and reach a diameter of 7 to 18 centimeters. The young leaves are tightly pressed together. The narrowly inverted, scooped-spatulate leaves are 3 to 7 centimeters long, 1.5 to 3.5 centimeters wide and between 1.5 and 3 millimeters thick. They are bald, basal wedge-shaped and have an attached tip. Eyelashes 0.5 to 1 millimeter long sit on the greyish green edge of the leaf . Occasionally there are some brownish streaks along the edge.
The inflorescence is 15 to 25 inches high and 14 to 20 inches wide. The peduncle is between 8 and 15 centimeters, the peduncle between 2 and 12 millimeters long. The 7 to 8-fold flowers have bare sepals . The yellow, lanceolate, pointed petals are 6 to 8 millimeters long and 1.2 to 1.5 millimeters wide. The stamens are bare.
Systematics and distribution
The balsam aeonium is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands and is particularly widespread on the island of Lanzarote . In Fuerteventura it appears to be overgrown.
The first description was made in 1840 by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot . A synonym is Sempervivum balsamiferum .
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literature
- Reto Nyffeler: Aeonium balsamiferum . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Succulents Lexicon Volume 4 Crassulaceae (thick-leaf plants) . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, p. 14 ISBN 3-8001-3998-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries . Volume 3, p. 192. Paris 1840
Web links
- Aeonium balsamiferum inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Reyes Betancort, JA & Carqué Álamo, E., 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2014.