Aeonium arboreum grows as a less branched subshrub and reaches stature heights of up to 2 metres.

Its sepals are also slightly fluff-haired with a pointed top and wedge-shaped base that is smooth and shiny green, red or purple.

It bears rosettes of leaves and large pyramidal panicles of bright yellow flowers in the spring.

The populations found on the Iberian Peninsula, the Moroccan coast and the Mediterranean are likely to be considered neophytes.

Aeonium arboreum grows in sunny or slightly shaded places on weathered volcanic soil.