Aeonium arboreum (L.) Webb & Berthel.

Spice

Family: CRASSULACEAE

Genus: Aeonium

Catalan common name: Aeònium. Flor de San Sebastià. Pinya groga.

Spanish common name: Aeonio. Aeonium. Bejeque. Planta del aire. Rosa verde. Sanjora. Siempreviva arbórea.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Garden plants. Gardens and sometimes naturalizated.

Characteristics: A small bush, well branched form the base, with each of these branches has a leaf rosette at the apex. Forms large, showy and more or less conical inflorescences with many yellow flowers.