Dudleya abramsii subsp. affinis

San bernardino mountains dudleya, San Bernardino Mountains Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

San bernardino mountains dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the San Bernardino Mountains on rocky granitic or quartzite outcrops at elevations of 1,800 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to July, this succulent produces pale yellow to cream-colored flowers with red-lined keel petals in compact clusters. Growing in small rosettes 3 to 6 centimeters wide with stems 10 to 15 millimeters thick, it forms tight clusters of fleshy leaves. Its thick leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and 7 to 15 millimeters wide, elliptic to oblanceolate in shape, with a base that is generally not marked with purple-red coloration. The flower clusters emerge on peduncles 3 to 8 centimeters long, typically with 2 to 3 ascending branches bearing up to 8 flowers.

Habitat: Outcrops, granitic or quartzite, rarely limestone

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1800-2600 m

Bioregions: SnBr.

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside

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