familyCrassulaceae
genusDudleya
subgenusDudleya subg. Dudleya
speciesDudleya cymosa
subspeciesDudleya cymosa subsp. ovatifolia
Dudleya cymosa subsp. ovatifolia
Madroño 14: 108. 1957,.
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Dudleya ovatifolia Britton in N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose, New N. Amer. Crassul., 20 [“02”]. 1903
Caudices simple, 1–1.5 cm diam. Leaves: rosettes 6–10 (–25) -leaved; blade shiny green, often with maroon abaxially, ovate to elliptic, 2–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces not farinose, not glaucous. Inflorescences: floral shoots 5–15-leaved, 4–15 cm; cincinni 3+, 3–5-flowered, 1–3 cm. Petals bright-yellow, often marked with red, 10–14 × 2.5–3.5 mm. 2n = 34.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Shaded rocky slopes
Elevation: 200-400 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies ovatifolia is known from the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains; it is considered fairly threatened (California Native Plant Society, http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Dudleya cymosa subsp. ovatifolia"
dehiscent +
maroon +
2cm;5cm +
not farinose +
1.5cm;2.5cm +
absent +
dense +
not spurred +
green +
laminar +
not glaucous +
shiny +
fleshy +
2;3 +
bifurcate +
1-3 times bifurcate also with lateral branches +
simple +
cespitose +
elongate +
1cm;3.5cm +
simple +
3-5-flowered +
circinate +
2-4-branched +
obpyramidal +
Calif. +
straight +
oily +
scant +
adnate +
5-15-leaved +
annual +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect;pendent +
bisexual +
unripe +
erect +
erect;spreading +
absent +
2+-cincinnate +
vegetative +
drying +
persistent +
withering +
not ciliate +
usually connivent;adjacent +
free +
truncate +
wider than tall +
rounded +
submarginal +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
not bent +
bright-yellow +
connate +
10mm;14mm +
4;5 +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
connivent +
distinct +
erect +
4;5 +
not gibbous +
Madroño +
6-10(-25)-leaved +
brownish +
1;20 +
ovoid +
connate +
shorter +
4;5 +
alike +
scattered +
antipetalous +
flowering +
erect +
fleshy +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
shorter +
terminal +
4;5 +
maroon +
not farinose +
Dudleya cymosa subsp. ovatifolia +
Dudleya cymosa +
subspecies +
1-seeded +
perennial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +