Dudleya nesiotica

Santa cruz island dudleya, Santa Cruz Island Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Delisted

Santa cruz island dudleya is a rare California native perennial ranked 1B.1 by CNPS, found in the northern Channel Islands at Santa Cruz Island's Fraser Point on coastal bluffs at elevations below 50 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces white to pale yellow flowers in small clusters with a musky-sweet fragrance. Growing in small rosettes 1 to 6 centimeters wide with a short 1 to 3 centimeter stem, it forms compact clusters with distinctive coloration. Its thick, oblanceolate leaves are 2.5 to 5 centimeters long, featuring a purple-red base and a glaucous appearance, with leaf tips ranging from acute to obtuse. The plant's leaves are deciduous in summer, revealing a unique seasonal transformation.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 50 m

Bioregions: n ChI (Fraser Point, Santa Cruz Island).

California counties: Santa Barbara

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