Dudleya viscida

Sticky dudleya

Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Sticky dudleya is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in southern Southern California coastal regions including Orange and San Diego counties on rocky bluffs and coastal cliffs at elevations below 450 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces distinctive pink to white-pink flowers spreading from their middle, emerging from tall peduncles 15 to 70 centimeters long. Growing in dense clusters with rosettes 7 to 20 centimeters wide, it forms low-growing groups with multiple branches less than 3 centimeters apart. Its evergreen leaves are distinctively sticky and resinous, appearing oily, with elliptic to linear-deltate blades 6 to 15 centimeters long and 5 to 15 millimeters wide, tapering to an acute tip. The plant's compact growth and uniquely sticky, resinous leaves make it a remarkable coastal succulent species.

Habitat: Bluffs, rocky cliffs

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 450 m

Bioregions: s SCo (Orange, San Diego cos.).

California counties: San Diego, Orange

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