Dudleya cymosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Dudleya |
| Species: | D. cymosa
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Echeveria cymosa | |
Dudleya cymosa is a succulent plant known by the common name: canyon liveforever.[1][2] The plant is found in rocky areas in the low elevations of California and southern Oregon mountains.
Description[]
It is a distinctive plant sending up erect red-orange stems from a gray-green basal rosette. The small yellowish-red thimble-shaped flowers top the stems in a cyme inflorescence. Some subspecies are considered threatened locally.
Subspecies[]
Recognized[3] Dudleya cymosa subspecies:
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. agourensis K.M. Nakai - (Agoura Hills dudleya)
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. crebrifolia K.M. Nakai & Verity - (San Gabriel River dudleya)
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. cymosa (Lem.) Britton & Rose - (Canyon liveforever)
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. marcescens Moran - (Marcescent dudleya)
- Dudleya cymosa. subsp. ovatifolia - (Santa Monica Mountains dudleya)
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. paniculata (Jeps.) K.M. Nakai - (Diablo range dudleya)
- Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila (Rose) K.M. Nakai - (Low canyon dudleya)
The subspecies marcescens[4] and ovatifolia[5] are federally listed as threatened species of the United States.
Dudleya cymosa subsp. costafolia - known commonly as the Pierpoint Springs dudleya - was formerly recognized as a subspecies until it was placed into Dudleya abramsii.[6]
Butterfly habitat[]
Dudleya cymosa is the larval host plant for the Sonoran blue butterfly, Philotes sonorensis (Lycaenidae)
Notes[]
- ^ New N. Amer. Crassul. 21. 1903 Sep
- ^ Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3:21. 1903 Nov
- ^ "Dudleya cymosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ USFWS. ssp. marcescens. Species Profile.
- ^ USFWS. ssp. ovatifolia. Species Profile.
- ^ "Dudleya cymosa ssp. costafolia". ITIS.
References[]
- Thomson, Paul H. (1993). Dudleya and Hasseanthus handbook. Bonsall, CA: Bonsall Publication. ISBN 978-0-9602066-5-0.
- C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Dudleya cymosa. Encyclopedia of Life.
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