Dudleya blochmaniae |
Dudleya blochmaniae subsp. blochmaniae |
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Blochman's dudleya, Blochman's 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. |
floral shoots 3–12 cm; leaves 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm; young stems and leaves not or slightly glaucous. |
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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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Rosette | leaves 3–12; blade oblanceolate, 1–4(–6) cm. |
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Petals | 6–10[–12] mm. |
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2n | = 34 [68, 102]. |
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Dudleya blochmaniae |
Dudleya blochmaniae subsp. blochmaniae |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | |||||
Habitat | Heavy soil on rocky hillsides and flats, especially atop seabluffs | |||||
Elevation | 0-500 m (0-1600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; nw Mexico
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CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Subspecies blochmaniae is reported from San Simeon, California, to Cabo Colonett, Baja California; because of urbanization some populations are extinct; it is considered seriously threatened in California (California Native Plant Society, http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi). It hybridizes in nature with Dudleya edulis (R. V. Moran 1951). Subspecies blochmaniae is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 193. | FNA vol. 8, p. 194. | ||||
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Hasseanthus | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Hasseanthus > Dudleya blochmaniae | ||||
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Synonyms | Sedum blochmaniae, Hasseanthus blochmaniae, Hasseanthus variegatus var. blochmaniae | |||||
Name authority | (Eastwood) Moran: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 110. (1953) | unknown | ||||
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