Dudleya virens subsp. hassei

Catalina Island dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Catalina Island dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in southern Channel Islands, specifically on Santa Catalina Island, growing on rocks and cliffs at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from April to June, this succulent produces white flowers with rosy-marked keels in compact clusters. Growing in rosettes 4 to 8 centimeters wide with ascending to erect leaves, it forms dense clusters with glaucous linear-oblong leaves 15 to 30 centimeters long and 5 to 10 millimeters wide. Its thick leaves are nearly rounded in cross-section, with a base 8 to 15 millimeters wide, creating a distinctive blue-green succulent form. The plant's flowering stalks rise 10 to 30 centimeters tall, supporting 3 to 15 delicate white blossoms.

Habitat: Rocks, cliffs

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: s ChI (Santa Catalina Island).

California counties: Los Angeles, Orange

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