Dudleya blochmaniae |
Dudleya palmeri |
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Blochman's dudleya, Blochman's liveforever |
Palmer's dudleya, Palmer's liveforever |
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Caudices | somewhat branched apically, (cespitose), to 20 × 1.5–4 cm, axillary branches absent. |
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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. |
rosettes 12, in clumps, 20–30-leaved, 10–20 cm diam.; blade green, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 5–20 × 1.5–5 cm, 3–7 mm thick, base 2–4 cm wide, apex acute to subacuminate, surfaces sometimes farinose, not 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. |
cyme mostly 3-branched, obpyramidal to cylindric; branches not twisted (flowers on topside), simple or 1–2 times bifurcate, (3–7 cm diam.); cincinni 1–3, 7–14-flowered, circinate, 3–7 cm; floral shoots 15–65 × 0.4–1.1 cm; leaves 15–50, spreading, triangular-ovate, 15–30 × 10–20 mm, apex acute. |
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Pedicels | erect, not bent in fruit, 2–4(–10) mm. |
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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. |
calyx 6–7 × 4–8 mm; petals connate 1.5–2 mm, red or bright yellow marked with red and thus appearing orange, 11–16 × 3.5–5 mm, apex acute, tips erect; pistils connivent, erect. |
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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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Unripe | follicles erect. |
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2n | = 136, ca. 170, ca. 238. |
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Dudleya blochmaniae |
Dudleya palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | |||||
Habitat | Cliffs and rocky slopes near coast | |||||
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; nw Mexico
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CA
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dudleya palmeri occurs on slopes and cliffs from the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey County to the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles County. The populations grouped together, somewhat arbitrarily, as D. palmeri are high polyploids at three levels, on the fringes of the D. cespitosa complex, with wide leaves and red to orange corollas. (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. 190. | ||||
Parent taxa | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Hasseanthus | Crassulaceae > Dudleya > subg. Dudleya | ||||
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Synonyms | Sedum blochmaniae, Hasseanthus blochmaniae, Hasseanthus variegatus var. blochmaniae | Cotyledon palmeri | ||||
Name authority | (Eastwood) Moran: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 110. (1953) | (S. Watson) Britton & Rose: New N. Amer. Crassul., 24. 1903 , | ||||
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