''Aeonium glandulosum'' is a species of

subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der ...

of the family Crassulaceae endemic to the

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Madeira Island Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of , including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2011, Madeira had a total population of ...

Porto Santo Island Porto Santo Island () is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa. The muni ...

and Desertas Islands).

Description

It is a biennial or perennial glandular-pubescent sub-shrub with a very short stem, hidden by the leaves, occasionally

stoloniferous In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external ...

. It has rosette shaped leaves, flat and plate-like but becomes centrally dome-shaped when the flowering season approaches, in diameter. It has loose inflorescences, with pedicels that become distally curved. Petals are , pale yellow and occasionally tinged with red.

Distribution

The species is endemic to Madeira Island, Porto Santo Island, Desertas Islands and Bugio Island and is commonly found on sea cliffs in northern shores or rocky peaks from sea level up to in altitude. File:Aeonium glandulosum 2 web.jpg File:Aeonium glandulosum.jpg, Inflorescence File:Plantas, rochas e água da levada.jpg, ''Aeonium glandulosum'' on a

Levada A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira. History In Madeira, the levadas originated out of the necessity of bringing large amounts of water from the west and northwest of the island ...

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References

glandulosum Endemic flora of Madeira {{Crassulaceae-stub