{{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 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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