Dudleya densiflora (Rose) Moran

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Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Dudleya

Characteristics

Caudices to 2 dm × 1-2.5 cm, clumps to 3 dm diam. Leaves without resinous odor; rosette 20-40-leaved, 7-25 cm diam.; blade green, appearing whitish, linear, terete or subterete, base flattened, 6-15(-23) × 0.6-1.2 cm, 5-8 mm thick, 1-1.5 times wider than thick, base 10-20 mm wide, surfaces farinose, not viscid, not oily. Inflorescences: cyme 3-5-branched, rounded, (1.5-3 × 0.4-1 dm); branches usually 1-2 times bifurcate; cincinni 2-8-flowered, scarcely circinate, 2-4 cm; floral shoots 1-3 dm × 2-4 mm; leaves 5-15, erect, lanceolate, 1-4 × 0.5-1.2 cm. Pedicels 2-5 mm. Flowers: petals spreading from middle, connate 0.5-2 mm, white or pinkish, narrowly ovate, 5-10 × 2-3 mm, apex acute, corolla 12-20 mm diam.; pistils erect, 6-9 mm; styles 2-3.5 mm. Follicles widely spreading, with adaxial margins 10-45º above horizontal. 2n = 34.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-8

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Images

Leaf

Dudleya densiflora leaf picture by Owen Owen Thompson-Lastad (cc-by-sa)
Dudleya densiflora leaf picture by Liz Pucket (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dudleya densiflora world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85576-2
WFO ID wfo-0000657688
COL ID 37ZCQ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dudleya nudicaulis Cotyledon nudicaulis Echeveria densiflora Echeveria nudicaulis Stylophyllum nudicaule Stylophyllum densiflorum Cotyledon densiflora Dudleya densiflora