Dudleya lanceolata

Lance-leaved dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Lance-leaved dudleya is a California native perennial found in central coastal regions, including Santa Cruz County, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, southern California, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, desert mountains, and western Mojave Desert at elevations of 30 to 1,250 meters. Flowering from April to July, this succulent produces yellow to red flowers on tall peduncles 15 to 95 centimeters high. Growing in rosettes 3 to 35 centimeters wide with stems generally less than 4 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters on rocky slopes. Its evergreen leaves are lanceolate, 5 to 30 centimeters long and 1 to 4 centimeters wide, with distinctive purple-red bases and acute tips. The plant's striking rosettes and colorful leaf bases make it a notable succulent in its dry, rocky habitats.

Habitat: Soil or slopes with broken rocks

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 30-1250 m

Bioregions: Teh, c CCo (s Santa Cruz Co.), SnFrB, SCoR, SCo, TR, PR, DMtns, DMoj (w edge)

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Mendocino, Tulare, San Benito, El Dorado, Santa Cruz

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