Dudleya stolonifera

Laguna beach dudleya, Laguna Beach Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Threatened

Laguna beach dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in the central Southern California coast region, specifically in the San Joaquin Hills of Orange County, on north-facing cliffs and outcrops at elevations below 250 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces yellow flowers with delicate petals 10 to 11 millimeters long, forming clusters on slender peduncles. Growing with distinctive stoloniferous habit, it forms rosettes 1 to 10 centimeters wide with sturdy stems 1.5 to 3 centimeters thick. Its evergreen leaves are oblong-obovate, 3 to 7 centimeters long and 1.5 to 3 centimeters wide, displaying a lime-green color with reddish undersides and a short-acuminate tip. The plant's unique stoloniferous growth and distinctive leaf coloration make it a striking endemic species of the coastal Southern California landscape.

Habitat: N-facing cliffs, outcrops

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 250 m

Bioregions: c SCo (San Joaquin Hills, Orange Co.).

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