Dudleya edulis

Fingertips

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Fingertips is a California native perennial found in southern coastal California and the Peninsular Ranges on rocky slopes, ledges, and soil at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this succulent produces white to cream-colored flowers in open clusters with terminal branches 4 to 10 centimeters long. Growing in dense clusters with rosettes 5 to 10 centimeters wide, the plant has erect stems 1.5 to 4.5 centimeters thick. Its evergreen leaves are elongated and cylindrical, 8 to 20 centimeters long and 4 to 10 millimeters wide, with an olive-green appearance and a pale yellow base. The rosettes form compact clusters, with each rosette featuring acute-tipped leaves lightly covered in a translucent wax.

Habitat: On soil, rocky slopes, ledges

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: SCo, PR

California counties: San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Marin

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