Dudleya attenuata

Dudleya attenuata, common names including Orcutt's live-forever and tapertip liveforever, is plant species native to California and to Baja California.[3]

Dudleya attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Dudleya
Species:
D. attenuata
Binomial name
Dudleya attenuata
(S. Watson) Moran
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cotyledon attenuata S. Watson
  • Cotyledon edulis var. attenuata (S. Watson) Jeps.
  • Echeveria attenuata (S. Watson) A. Berger
  • Echeveria edulis var. attenuata (S. Watson) Jeps.
  • Stylophyllum attenuatum (S. Watson) Britton & Rose

Leaves of this species are clavate, up to 5 mm thick. Flowers are open rather than tubular, borne in cymes with only 1-3 simple branches, hence with fewer flowers than most related species.[3]

References
  1. Tropicos Dudleya attenuata
  2. The Plant List, Dudleya attenuata
  3. Flora of North America, v 8 p 176.
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