Aeonium undulatum Webb & Berthel.
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Culture
Easily grown in sandy, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Tolerates brief periods of minor frost (to 28-30°F). Plants may be grown in pots that are overwintered indoors in a sunny window. Propagate by seed or rosette cuttings.
Noteworthy Characteristics
Aeonium undulatum, commonly known as saucer plant, is a succulent evergreen subshrub in the orpine family that typically grows to 2-3’ tall. It is native to the Canary Islands. This plant features large rosettes of fleshy, spoon-shaped, glossy green leaves (each leaf to 4-8” long). Leaves are often wavy-edged and sometimes have hair-fringed margins. Small, star-shaped, dark yellow flowers bloom in large terminal pyramidal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage rosettes to 1-2’ tall. Most plants do not flower every year (some take up to 5 years to flower). After flowering occurs, the underlying foliage rosette dies, but this is only a significant problem with plants which have only one rosette.
Genus name is the Latin name for a plant of this genus of succulents.
Specific epithet comes from the Latin word unda meaning wave in reference to the wavy plant leaves.
Aeonium undulatum - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)
