Góngaro flor de piedra (Aeonium simsii)

Low-growing plant (up to 6 cm in a vegetative state), with dense rosettes. Leaves, from 4-6 cm long, lanceolate, linear-spathulate or oblanceolate, dark green, succulent, ciliate (hyaline) margins, with prominent linear glands on the underside. Flower stems up to 20 cm long with golden yellow flowers. This species is exclusive to the central and southern mountain ridges of Gran Canaria and grows on rocky cliffs at 600-1,950 m altitude. Locally common on mountain ridges, stone walls and roadside banks, it grows among many other plants that are typical of these areas.