Dudleya attenuata subsp. orcuttii

Orcutt's dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.1

Orcutt's dudleya is a rare (CNPS 2B.1) California native perennial found in southern San Diego County coastal bluffs at elevations below 50 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white flowers often rose-flushed and red-lined, spreading from their centers in delicate clusters. Growing in small rosettes 3 to 50 strong, with stems 3 to 10 millimeters wide, it forms distinctive compact clusters. Its evergreen leaves are linear to linear-oblanceolate, 2 to 10 centimeters long, with a glaucous appearance and a distinctive purple-red base. The succulent leaves are round in cross-section, creating a striking geometric pattern against the coastal landscape.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 50 m

Bioregions: s SCo (s San Diego Co.)

California counties: San Diego

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