Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga

Name: Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga
Creator: The California Species Project

Cotyledon

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Cotyledon is a naturalized shrub found in central and southern California coastal areas including coastal bluffs and dunes at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces orange to red or pink tubular flowers with recurved lobes 10 to 15 millimeters long. Growing up to one meter tall with erect, branched stems, it develops distinctive glaucous obovate to wedge-shaped leaves clustered near stem tips. Its leaves are 5 to 18 centimeters long with rounded to obtuse tips, featuring a distinctive bluish-green coloration. The plant produces pendulous flower clusters on thick peduncles 20 to 40 centimeters long, with flowers initially hanging downward and becoming erect when setting fruit.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs, dunes, or persisting from cultivation

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: c&amps CCo, SCo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.