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Aeonium lindleyi

Aeonium lindleyi
Photo: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5

Aeonium lindleyi is a shrubby succulent from the Canary Islands, native to dry rocky ground on Tenerife and La Gomera. It is grown as a sun-loving container or rock garden plant that needs sharp drainage and little water.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply when the soil is fully dry, and water less in winter when the plant is resting.
Soil
Free-draining cactus or succulent mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Canary Is. (La Gomera, NE. Tenerife)
Climate
subtropical

About

Aeonium lindleyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it grows in dry rocky regions. It was first described by Philip Barker-Webb and Sabin Berthelot in 1840.

There are two subspecies of this species:

Uses

It contains an antidote for Euphorbia sap irritation, although a visit to an emergency room is recommended regardless of this claim.

Other Aeonium plants

Tree roofleek, Tree aeonium · Aeonium aureum · Balsam aeonium · Canary Aeonium · Aeonium ciliatum · Aeonium · Aeonium dodrantale · Disc House Leek · Viscid Houseleek · Cape Verde Tree Houseleek · Haworth's aeonium · Aeonium hierrense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aeonium lindleyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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