Noble aeonium (Aeonium nobile)
Description
Aeonium nobile is a robust species that forms large rosettes up to 15 inches (38 cm) across with thick fleshy orange to red-tinged olive-green rounded-tip triangular leaves that form atop a stout upright unbranched stem up to 2 feet (60 cm) tall. After several years the plant matures and in late winter to spring produces a large inflorescence that rises on a red stalk to display a flattened capitate head over 1 foot (30 cm) wide and nearly as tall with many small star-shaped red flowers with white anthers. This is one of the monocarpic species of Aeonium so it only flowers once but then often gardeners are rewarded with many seeds to perpetuate this beautiful plant.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Crassulaceae
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Genus: Aeonium
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