Dudleya blochmaniae subsp. blochmaniae

Blochman's dudleya, Blochman's Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Blochman's dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native succulent found in southern California Coast, southern California Coast, and northern Channel Islands including Santa Cruz Island on open, rocky slopes, often on serpentine or clay-dominated terrain at elevations below 450 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces pale yellow to white flowers in small clusters atop thin stems. Growing in compact rosettes 1 to 7 centimeters wide with stems 7 to 25 millimeters tall, it forms dense, low-growing clusters. Its succulent leaves are generally fewer than 12, measuring 1 to 6 centimeters long and 3 to 8 millimeters wide, with a thick, somewhat fleshy texture. The plant's small, spherical to fusiform rosettes and distinctive habitat on rocky, often serpentine slopes make it a unique endemic to coastal California.

Habitat: Open, rocky slopes, often serpentine or clay-dominated

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 450 m

Bioregions: s CCo, SCo, n ChI (Santa Cruz Island)

California counties: Orange, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Alameda

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