Dudleya saxosa subsp. saxosa

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 187.

Caudices 1–1.5 cm diam. Leaf-blades 3–9 × 0.5–1.5 cm, 1.5–3 mm thick. Inflorescences: floral shoots red, 5–10-leaved, 5–20 × 0.2–0.4 cm; cincinni 2–9-flowered, 1–4 cm. Pedicels 5–10 mm. Flowers: sepals 2.5–6 mm; petals bright-yellow, red-tinged, 9–12 mm. 2n = 136, 170.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Cliffs, rocky slopes
Elevation: 1100-2200 m

Discussion

Subspecies saxosa is known from the Panamint Mountains; this well-isolated polyploid subspecies differs from the other subspecies mainly in its smaller size.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wider" is not a number.

170 +  and 136 +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
Reid V. Moran +
(M. E. Jones) Britton & Rose +
0.5cm +  and 2.5cm +
Cotyledon saxosa +
lobed +  and toothed +
tapering +  and oblong-lanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 times bifurcate +, simple +  and not twisted +
bifurcate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
branched +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
elongate +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
5-gonal +  and tubular +
1100-2200 m +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
branched +  and simple +
erect;pendent +
erect;spreading +
Cliffs, rocky slopes +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.5mm +  and 3mm +
sessile +, petiolate +  and subclasping +
alternate +  and crowded +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
triangular-lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
usually connivent;adjacent +
wider than tall +
semi-inferior +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
red-tinged +  and bright-yellow +
8mm;20mm +
ascending +  and erect +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
not gibbous +
New N. Amer. Crassul., +
cross-ribbed +  and ribbed +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
antipetalous +
2-branched +  and simple +
distinct +
glaucous +  and not farinose +
Dudleya saxosa subsp. saxosa +
Dudleya saxosa +
subspecies +
outcurved +
cylindric +  and 5-gonal +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +