Dudleya greenei

Greene's dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Greene's dudleya is a California native perennial ranked 4.2 by CNPS, found in the northern Channel Islands on coastal cliffs and rock outcrops at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this succulent produces pale yellow to white flowers in clusters with petals 8 to 12 millimeters long. Growing in dense clusters up to 1 meter wide, with multiple rosettes and elongated stems 2 to 5 centimeters wide, it forms impressive ground-covering colonies. Its evergreen leaves are 3 to 22 centimeters long, thick and glaucous, often with reddish or yellow bases, and arranged in distinctive rosettes with acute leaf tips. The plant can form dramatic clonal colonies with 1 to 100 rosettes, each potentially showing subtle variations in leaf shape and coloration.

Habitat: Coastal cliffs, rock outcrops

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: n ChI.

California counties: Santa Barbara, Los Angeles

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