Species

Aeonium haworthii

Etymology

Aeonium: Ancient name used by the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides (circa 40-90 AD) for a plant similar to Aeonium arboreum
haworthii: Named after Adrian Hardy Haworth (1776-1833), English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist who authored several works on succelents.

Common Name(s)

pinwheel Aeonium

Family

Crassulaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

AEOHAW

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1959

Origin

Canary Is

This page last updated on 31 Jul 2014