Dudleya verityi

Verity's dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Threatened

Verity's dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in the western Santa Monica Mountains of Ventura County on north-facing volcanic outcrops at elevations of 60 to 120 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces lemon-yellow flowers with green tones, opening in small clusters with spreading, acute petals. Growing in tight rosettes 0.6 to 7 centimeters wide, it forms compact clusters with erect stems 2 to 10 centimeters tall. Its distinctive evergreen leaves are lance-oblong, 2 to 5 centimeters long, colored a striking purple-gray with a glaucous surface and a purple-red base, often twisting when dry. The plant forms 1 to 30 rosettes, with each leaf base wounding a distinctive purple-red color.

Habitat: N-facing volcanic outcrops

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 60-120 m

Bioregions: s WTR (w Santa Monica Mtns, Ventura Co.).

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