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Crassulaceae question
« on: May 24, 2015, 12:52:30 PM »
Can anyone help me identify this Crassulaceae? Aeonium? Echeveria? I don't know much about this group and was given this by an old lady when I asked her what she had growing over her retaining wall. She didn't know what it was called.

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Re: Crassulaceae question
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 01:43:14 PM »
James  - It could be an Aeonium hybrid called 'Etna' (simsii x sedfolium) but that's only a hunch.  The tannic lines on the undersides say Aeonium to me.

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Re: Crassulaceae question
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2015, 02:12:12 PM »
Thanks John, I did a bit of googling and I reckon Aeonium simsii is a good match. Very close. I guess I'll wait for flowers and have another go at an ID then.

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Re: Crassulaceae question
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2015, 04:04:53 AM »
A. Simsii is said to have long hairs on the leaf margins.  ??? john
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Re: Crassulaceae question
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2015, 08:14:55 AM »
Well it does have hairs on the margins... long as in...? I'll stop and get a better picture tomorrow when I go past on my way to work.
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