Bea dorada (Greenovia aurea)

Rosette plant, with very short stems. Leaves cuneate to spathulate, glaucous green or bluish-green, succulent; leaves remain tightly closed during the dry season. Flower stems, erect, up to 40 cm, with many golden yellow flowers. Endemic to the Canary Islands, typical of the central and western islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro). A rock plant that grows on rocky walls, sheer slopes and roadside banks, between 400 and 2,000 m, but positively thrives in forests of Canary pine (Pinus canariensis), from 900 to 1,000 m. Locally abundant and not endangered. The genus Greenovia is endemic to the Canary Islands and has four species.