RBGS FloraAeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum Broadleaf Sugarbush (Protea eximia) Glandular Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media) Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) Koko (Soehrensia formosa) Lavender Queen (Leptospermum rotundifolium) Nepenthes mixta x maxima Orchids Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) St Johns Wort (Hypericum oblongifolium) Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus) Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)

Aeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum, commonly known as the Tree Aeonium, Tree Houseleek, or Irish Rose. It is a succulent, subtropical subshrub in the flowering plant family Crassulaceae.

Endemic to the western Canary Islands of Tenerife, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera and Gran Canaria. It has become an invasive weed outside its natural distribution, such as in temperate southern Australia.

Aeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Aeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Aeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW
Aeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Tracheophyta
  • Subphylum: Angiospermae
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • Family: Crassulacceae
  • Subfamily: Sempervivoideae
  • Tribe: Aeonieae
  • Genus: Aeonium
  • Species: Aeonium arboreum
  • Subspecies: Aeonium arboreum ssp. holochrysum

Footnote & References

  1. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/
  2. Glandular Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/76762-Echinops-sphaerocephalus

RBGS FloraAeonium arboreum subsp. holochrysum Broadleaf Sugarbush (Protea eximia) Glandular Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea media) Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) Koko (Soehrensia formosa) Lavender Queen (Leptospermum rotundifolium) Nepenthes mixta x maxima Orchids Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) St Johns Wort (Hypericum oblongifolium) Spider Hibiscus / Japanese Lantern (Hibiscus schizopetalus) Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)

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