- Dudleya cymosa
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Dudleya cymosa 
Conservation status 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 & RoseSynonyms 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.
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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 978-0960206650.
- C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Dudleya cymosa. Encyclopedia of Life.
External links
Categories:- NatureServe Secure species
- Dudleya
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of Oregon
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Butterfly food plants
- Crassulaceae stubs
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