Dudleya palmeri
Appearance
Dudleya palmeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Dudleya |
Species: | D. palmeri
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Binomial name | |
Dudleya palmeri |
Dudleya palmeri is a succulent plant known by the common name Palmer's liveforever. This Dudleya is endemic to California where it grows along the coastline of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties southward.
Description
Dudleya palmeri is plant forms a basal rosette of leaves up to 20 centimeters wide and containing up to 25 lance-shaped leaves in shades of pale to bright green, sometimes tinted with pink. It erects a tall, pink to green stem carrying a small, branching inflorescence of up to about 40 flowers. Each flower is yellow to red or pink with pointed petals between one and two centimeters long.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment- Dudleya palmeri
- USDA Plants Profile; Dudleya palmeri
- Dudleya palmeri - Photo gallery
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dudleya palmeri.
Categories:
- Dudleya
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of Los Angeles County, California
- Natural history of San Luis Obispo County, California
- Natural history of Santa Barbara County, California
- Natural history of Ventura County, California
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Crassulaceae stubs