Dudleya cymosa subsp. crebrifolia

San gabriel river dudleya, San Gabriel River Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

San gabriel river dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the San Gabriel Mountains in Fish Canyon, Los Angeles County, on granitic slopes at elevations of 400 to 500 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces mustard-yellow flowers in radially symmetric inflorescences with erect peduncles 10 to 30 centimeters tall. Growing with rosettes 5 to 12 centimeters wide, it forms compact, few-leaved clusters that remain green even during drought conditions. Its leaves are 4 to 10 centimeters long, elliptic to spoon-shaped, generally glaucous with slightly acuminate tips, and measure 20 to 50 millimeters wide. The plant's distinctive inflorescence features 1 to 3 primary branches with 3 to 15 centimeters of terminal branches bearing 2 to 10 flowers.

Habitat: Granitic slopes

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 400-500 m

Bioregions: SnGb (Fish Canyon, Los Angeles Co.).

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