Dudleya cymosa

Canyon dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Canyon dudleya is a California native perennial succulent found in rocky habitats throughout the Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, and Transverse Ranges at elevations of 100 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces striking yellow to red flowers in clusters on tall peduncles up to 30 centimeters long. Growing in dense rosettes 0.5 to 30 centimeters wide, it forms compact clumps with multiple succulent stems. Its thick, fleshy leaves are generally oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, 1.5 to 17 centimeters long, with a glaucous surface and acute or acuminate tips. The plant produces distinctive flower clusters with petals 7 to 14 millimeters long, creating a dramatic display in rocky, dry habitats.

California counties: Los Angeles, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Tulare, San Bernardino, Orange, Nevada, Riverside, Sierra, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa, Marin, Monterey, San Joaquin, Solano, Butte, Lake, Stanislaus, Napa, Sacramento, Placer, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Amador, San Benito, Mendocino, Yolo, Alpine, Tehama, Contra Costa, Shasta, Colusa, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Inyo, Ventura, Yuba, Madera

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