Dudleya attenuata |
Dudleya blochmaniae |
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Orcutt's dudleya, tapertip liveforever |
Blochman's dudleya, Blochman's liveforever |
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Leaves | 3–50; petiole 0.3–1.5 mm wide, to 1/3 as wide as blade; blade green, oblanceolate or clavate-oblanceolate, 1–6 cm × 2–8 mm, 1–4 mm thick, base 1–4 mm wide, apex subacute to rounded, surfaces sometimes ± glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | cincinni 3–10-flowered, 1–6 cm; floral shoots 3–12 cm × 0.5–2 mm; leaves 8–25, ascending, blade triangular-ovate to -lanceolate, 0.5–2.5 cm × 3–10 mm, 2–4 mm thick, apex rounded to subacute or obtuse. |
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Flowers | with musky, sweet odor; petals connate to 1 mm, widely spreading from near middle, white, ± yellowish green at base, red-lineolate on keel, drying purplish, elliptic, 6–10[–12] × 2–3.5[–5] mm, apex acute, corolla 8–20 mm diam.; pistils separate, ascending; ovary 3–4.5 mm; styles 1–1.5 mm. |
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Corms | subglobose to oblong, 0.7–3.5 cm × 5–20 mm. |
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Follicles | widespreading, with adaxial margins nearly horizontal. |
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Dudleya attenuata |
Dudleya blochmaniae |
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Distribution |
CA; nw Mexico
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CA; nw Mexico
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). Subspecies australis Moran occurs in Baja California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 176. | FNA vol. 8, p. 193. | ||||
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Stylophyllum | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Hasseanthus | ||||
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Synonyms | Cotyledon attenuata, Stylophyllum attenuatum | Sedum blochmaniae, Hasseanthus blochmaniae, Hasseanthus variegatus var. blochmaniae | ||||
Name authority | (S. Watson) Moran: Desert Pl. Life 14: 191. (1943) | (Eastwood) Moran: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 110. (1953) | ||||
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