Dudleya attenuata
Dudleya variegata
Orcutt's dudleya, tapertip liveforever
variegated dudleya, variegated liveforever
4–12;
petiole 0.5–3 mm wide, to 1/3 as wide as blade;
blade blue-green or yellow-green, oblanceolate to spatulate, 1–7 cm × 3–11 mm, 1.5–4 mm thick, base 1–6 mm wide, apex acute to rounded, surfaces not glaucous.
cincinni 2–11-flowered, 2–15 cm;
floral shoots 5–20 cm × 0.5–2 mm at base, to 3 mm wide at middle;
leaves 10–26, ascending, blade triangular-ovate to -lanceolate, 0.5–3 cm × 3–10 mm, 2–5 mm thick, apex acute to obtuse.
mostly odorless;
petals connate 0.5–1 mm, spreading from near middle, bright yellow (fading whitish), often red-lineolate on keel, elliptic, 5–8 × 2–3.5 mm, apex acute, corolla ca. 8–15 mm diam.;
pistils separate, suberect;
ovary 2.5–5 mm;
styles 1.5–2 mm.
subglobose to oblong, 1–3 cm × 3–15 mm.
widespreading, with adaxial margins nearly horizontal.
= 34.
Dudleya attenuata
Dudleya variegata
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 variegata is endemic to an area some 80 kilometers long, from near San Diego into northwest Baja California, much of it urban; it is considered fairly threatened in California (California Native Plant Society, http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi). In Baja California, it hybridizes with D. attenuata subsp. attenuata (R. V. Moran 1951).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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