Dudleya cymosa subsp. paniculata

(Jepson) K. M. Nakai

Madroño 34: 338. 1988,.

Endemic
Basionym: Cotyledon cespitosa var. paniculata Jepson Fl. W. Calif., 267. 1901 (as caespitosa)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 182. Mentioned on page 180.

Caudices simple or 2–3-branched, 1–2 cm diam. Leaves: rosettes 10–25-leaved; blade pale green, oblong-oblanceolate to triangular, 3–10 × 0.5–2 cm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces not farinose, glaucous. Inflorescences: floral shoots 10–30-leaved, 5–25 cm; cincinni 3+, 4–10-flowered, 1–5 cm. Petals pale-yellow, 7–14 × 1.5–2.5 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Rocky outcrops and slopes
Elevation: 30-1200 m

Discussion

Subspecies paniculata occurs from Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, to the Pinnacles, San Benito County, and east to Merced County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +  and acuminate +
Reid V. Moran +
(Jepson) K. M. Nakai +
0.5cm +  and 3cm +
Cotyledon cespitosa var. paniculata +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
lobed +  and toothed +
oblong-oblanceolate +  and triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1-3 times bifurcate also with lateral branches +, simple +  and not twisted +
bifurcate +
1-3 times bifurcate also with lateral branches +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
2-3-branched +  and simple +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
elongate +
1cm;3.5cm +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5-gonal +  and tubular +
2-4-branched +
obpyramidal +
30-1200 m +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
branched +  and simple +
erect;pendent +
erect;spreading +
Rocky outcrops and slopes +
axillary +  and terminal +
sessile +, petiolate +  and subclasping +
alternate +  and crowded +
persistent +
spreading +  and ascending +
usually connivent;adjacent +
wider than tall +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
pale-yellow +
7mm;14mm +
ascending +  and erect +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
not gibbous +
cross-ribbed +  and ribbed +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
2-branched +  and simple +
distinct +
glaucous +  and not farinose +
Dudleya cymosa subsp. paniculata +
Dudleya cymosa +
subspecies +
outcurved +
cylindric +  and 5-gonal +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +