familyCrassulaceae
genusDudleya
subgenusDudleya subg. Dudleya
speciesDudleya saxosa
subspeciesDudleya saxosa subsp. saxosa
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.
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dehiscent +
acute +
absent +
dense +
not spurred +
pale green +
laminar +
fleshy +
2;3 +
bifurcate +
cespitose +
elongate +
1cm;3cm +
simple +
2-9-flowered +
circinate +
Calif. +
straight +
oily +
scant +
adnate +
5-10-leaved +
annual +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect;pendent +
bisexual +
unripe +
erect +
erect;spreading +
absent +
2-3-branched +
obpyramidal +
vegetative +
drying +
persistent +
withering +
ascending +
triangular-lanceolate +
not ciliate +
usually connivent;adjacent +
free +
truncate +
wider than tall +
rounded +
submarginal +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
not bent +
connate +
8mm;20mm +
4;5 +
bright +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
connivent +
distinct +
erect +
4;5 +
not gibbous +
New N. Amer. Crassul., +
10-25-leaved +
brownish +
1;20 +
ovoid +
connate +
shorter +
4;5 +
alike +
scattered +
Endemic +
antipetalous +
flowering +
erect +
fleshy +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
shorter +
terminal +
4;5 +
Dudleya saxosa subsp. saxosa +
Dudleya saxosa +
subspecies +
1-seeded +
perennial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +