Aeonium 'Shaohua' is an eye-catching succulent subshrub with branches adorned with colorful rosettes of variegated leaves at their ends …
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Generic Name: Aeonium
Meaning: Long-lasting
Derivation: A Latinized form of the Ancient Greek adjective αἰώνῐος (aiṓnĭos). The Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40–90 AD) used the neuter form αἰώνιον (aiōnion) in his work De Materia Medica, as a descriptive term for a plant believed to be long-lasting or perennial, not as a generic name.
Pronunciation: ee-OH-nee-um
While two or more genera often share the same specific epithet, which may also be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species, the generic name must be unique. Below is a list of plants in the genus Orbea.
Aeonium 'Chanel' is a succulent subshrub with short branches that end in stunning rosettes of variegated leaves. It can grow up to 12 …
Aeonium 'Anna' is a striking succulent subshrub with thick branches tipped with rosettes of green leaves with creamy yellow edges and some …
Aeonium 'Firecracker' is a beautiful succulent that grows into a small mound of short branches that end in rosettes of colorful lance …
Aeonium tabuliforme (variegated) is a beautiful succulent that forms a compact, flat rosette of overlapping variegated leaves …
Aeonium diplocyclum, formerly known as Greenovia diplocycla, is an attractive succulent that forms a solitary, monocarpic rosette of pale …
Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum' (Purple Rose) is a succulent shrub with striking rosettes of colorful leaves at the ends of the branches …