Dudleya attenuata
Dudleya multicaulis
Orcutt's dudleya, tapertip liveforever
many-stem dudleya, manystem liveforever
5–15, base scarcely narrowed into petiole;
blade green, linear, 5–15 cm × 2–6 mm, 2–6 mm thick, base 4–10 mm wide, apex narrowly acute, surfaces not or somewhat glaucous.
cincinni 3–15-flowered, 2–10 cm;
floral shoots 5–35 cm × 2–4 mm;
leaves 7–18, strongly ascending, blade linear (similar to rosette leaf blades), 1–10 cm × 2–10 mm, 2–6 mm thick, apex narrowly acute.
odorless;
petals connate 1–2 mm, spreading from near middle, bright yellow (fading pale yellow), often red-lineolate along keel, elliptic-lanceolate, 5–9 × 2–3 mm, apex acute, corolla 12–18 mm diam.;
pistils connate 1–2 mm, ascending;
ovary 3.5–6 mm;
styles 1.5–2 mm.
oblong, 1.5–5 cm × 3–18 mm.
widespreading, with adaxial margins nearly horizontal.
= 34.
Dudleya attenuata
Dudleya multicaulis
Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).
Subspecies australis Moran occurs in Baja California.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Dudleya multicaulis is endemic to the Los Angeles coastal plain and adjacent hills, Transverse and Peninsular ranges, and southward to the San Onofre Mountains of northern San Diego County, an area now largely urban; it is considered fairly endangered (California Native Plant Society, http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
CalFlora
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist
USDA Plants Database
