Dudleya cymosa
| Dudleya cymosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Dudleya |
| Species: | D. cymosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dudleya cymosa (Lem.) Britton & Rose | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echeveria cymosa | |
Dudleya cymosa is a succulent plant known by the common name canyon live-forever. The plant is found in rocky areas in the low elevations of California and southern Oregon mountains.
Description
It is a distinctive plant sending up erect red-orange stems from a gray-green basal rosette. The small yellowish-red thimble-shaped flowers top the stems in a cyme inflorescence. Some subspecies are considered threatened locally.
Subspecies
Selected Dudleya cymosa subspecies:
- D. c. subsp. costafolia - Pierpoint Springs dudleya
- D. c. subsp. crebrifolia - San Gabriel River dudleya
- D. c. subsp. marcescens - marcescent dudleya
- D. c. subsp. ovatifolia - Santa Monica Mountains dudleya
The subspecies marcescens[1] and ovatifolia[2] are federally listed as threatened species of the United States.
Butterfly habitat
Dudleya cymosa is the larval host plant for the Sonoran blue butterfly, Philotes sonorensis (Lycaenidae)
Basal rosette, erect stems, and inflorescences
Notes
- ↑ USFWS. ssp. marcescens. Species Profile.
- ↑ USFWS. ssp. ovatifolia. Species Profile.
References
- Thomson, Paul H. (1993). Dudleya and Hasseanthus handbook. Bonsall, CA: Bonsall Publication. ISBN 978-0-9602066-5-0.
- C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Dudleya cymosa. Encyclopedia of Life.
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