| Dudleya cymosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Dudleya |
| Species: | D. cymosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dudleya cymosa | |
| Synonyms | |
| 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:
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. costafolia - Pierpoint Springs dudleya
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. crebrifolia - San Gabriel River dudleya
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. marcescens - marcescent dudleya
- Dudleya cymosa. 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)
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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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