{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae}} {{Speciesbox |image = Aeonium canariense velvet.jpg |genus = Aeonium |species = canariense |authority = Webb & Berthel. |subdivision_ranks = Subspecies |subdivision = 5; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Aeonium canariense'' (L.) Webb & Berthel. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272205-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref> |synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; | *''Sempervivum canariense'' <small>L.</small> }} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{citation |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623554 |title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species |accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> }}

'''''Aeonium canariense''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It forms large rosettes of leaves close to the ground but the spikes of yellow flowers stand up to 70&nbsp;cm tall. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, with five subspecies native to different islands.<ref name = powo/> Subspecies ''canariense'' is native of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it grows on dry slopes and cliffs in the north of the island from sea level to about 1300m.<ref name=Bramwell>{{cite book|last1=Bramwell|first1=D.|last2=Bramwell|first2=Z.|year=2001|title=Wild flowers of the Canary Islands|publisher=Editorial Rueda|location=Madrid, Spain|ISBN=84-7207-129-4}}</ref>{{rp|162}}

==Subspecies== Five subspecies are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Aeonium canariense'' subsp. ''canariense'' – Tenerife *''Aeonium canariense'' subsp. ''christii'' {{small|(Praeger) Bañares}} – La Palma *''Aeonium canariense'' subsp. ''latifolium'' {{small|(Burchard) Bañares}} – La Gomera *''Aeonium canariense'' subsp. ''longithyrsum'' {{small|(Burchard) Cristini}} – northern El Hierro *''Aeonium canariense'' subsp. ''virgineum'' {{small|(Webb ex Christ) Bañares}} – northern and northwestern Gran Canaria

<gallery> Image:Aeonium canariense flower head 09.JPG|Flower head File:Aeonium canariense Buds.JPG|Flower buds File:Aeonium canariense var. palmense seeds, by Omar Hoftun.jpg|Seeds </gallery>

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canariense Category:Endemic flora of the Canary Islands Category:Flora of Gran Canaria Category:Flora of La Palma Category:Flora of Tenerife Category:Plants described in 1841

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