Dudleya palmeri

Palmer's dudleya, Palmer's Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Palmer's dudleya is a California native perennial found in coastal regions including central Coast, San Francisco Bay, and southern California coastal areas in rocky coastal and marine sandy habitats at elevations generally below 200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this succulent produces stunning orange-pink flowers with red over yellow coloration, creating a vibrant display in terminal clusters. Growing in rosettes 5 to 55 centimeters wide with stems up to 20 centimeters tall, it develops multiple compact clusters covered by dry leaves from older growth. Its evergreen leaves are lance-oblong, 15 to 25 per rosette, measuring 5 to 20 centimeters long and 1.5 to 5 centimeters wide, with a distinctive purple-red base and acute to acuminate tips. The rosettes feature thick, glaucous leaves that are flat or slightly convex, creating a striking architectural form in coastal landscapes.

Habitat: Coastal rocky areas, inland marine sands

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: generally < 200 m

Bioregions: c&amps CCo, SnFrB, SCo.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura, Monterey

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