Dudleya virens subsp. insularis

Island green dudleya, Island Green Dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Island green dudleya is a rare California native perennial ranked 1B.2 by CNPS, found in southern California coastal regions and southern Channel Islands near San Pedro and on San Nicolas and Santa Catalina islands in rocky coastal habitats at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white flowers with red to orange-brown keels in clusters emerging from tall stems. Growing in distinctive rosettes 10 to 25 centimeters wide with erect stems 2 to 6 centimeters thick, it forms dense clusters of succulents. Its leaves number 20 to 50, triangular-lanceolate and glaucous, measuring 6 to 25 centimeters long and 10 to 32 millimeters wide, with a slightly obtuse tip. The plant's distinctive blue-green rosettes and coastal island habitat make it a unique succulent endemic to southern California's island environments.

Habitat: Rocks, cliffs

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: SCo (near San Pedro, Los Angeles Co.), s ChI (San Nicolas, Santa Catalina islands).

California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura

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