Aeonium dodrantale
Aeonium dodrantale is a species of tree houseleek in the family Crassulaceae.
Systematics
The first description was as Sempervivum dodrantale by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow was published in 1809. Theodorus Hendrikus Maria Mes put the species in 1995 in the genus Aeonium.A synonym in nomenclature is Greenovia dodrantalis Webb & Berthel..
Description
The species grows as a perennial, densely budding rosette plant, the offshoots on long thin, smooth stems. The cup-shaped or urn-shaped rosettes reach a diameter of and are tightly closed during the dry season. Their leaves are tightly packed during growth. The leaves are obovate to spatulate, pale glaucous greyish-green, long, wide and 1–2 mm thick; the leaf apex varies between pointed, rounded, or slightly notched. Towards the top they are rounded or truncated and are often finished. The base is broadly wedge-shaped or slightly narrowed. The leaf margin is translucent.The flattened inflorescence has a length of and a width of. The densely leafed peduncle is long. The 18 to 23-fold flowers are on a 2–4 mm long, glandular-fluffy flower stem. The sepals are glandular-fluffy. The deep yellow, reverse lanceolate petals are 6–7 mm long and 1–1.5 mm wide. The stamens are bare. The flowers are 24-merous in all of their parts