Aeonium starburst 'Lemon lime'

Probably considered a hybrid obtained from Aeonium davidbramwellii, it is an extremely showy succulent characterized by the typical shape of a rosette flattened on the surface and by its rather small size. Its ovoid leaves, pleasantly pointed at the apex, take on a lively shiny emerald green hue, adorned with a central longitudinal band of a delicate creamy yellow that continues in marked streaks along the same direction. This spontaneous and typical variegation of the entire species gives the succulent the name "lemon-lime" in reference to the color of the bands, but also "starburst", that literally means "explosion of stars", due to the spectacular appearance that the rosette takes on from above. When abundantly exposed to sunlight, A. 'Lemon lime' dyes its margins with a fine reddish line in strong chromatic contrast with the rest of the epidermis which, probably also for this reason, makes the overall appearance of the species decidedly out of the ordinary!