Dudleya pulverulenta

Chalk dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Chalk dudleya is a California native perennial found in central California coastal ranges, southern coastal ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges in rocky cliffs and canyons at elevations generally below 1,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces red flowers with a waxy texture, emerging from large white rosettes up to 60 centimeters wide. Growing with thick, evergreen leaves 40 to 60 centimeters long and 3 to 10 centimeters wide, it forms dramatic clusters covered in dense, mealy white powder that gives the plant a chalky appearance. Its oblong leaves taper to an acuminate or mucronate tip, with a broad base up to 8 centimeters wide. The plant develops tall flowering stalks 30 to 100 centimeters high with branching clusters that initially nod and later spread outward.

Habitat: +- common. Rocky cliffs, canyons

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: generally < 1000 m

Bioregions: c&amps CCo, s SCoRO, SCo, TR, PR

California counties: San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, Inyo, San Bernardino, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey

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