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White-flowered liveforever

Dudleya albiflora

Also called White Flower Liveforever

White-flowered liveforever
Photo: Toyonbro / James Davis, CC0

Dudleya albiflora is a small, branching succulent perennial from the Baja California Peninsula, grown for its rosettes of narrow, powdery leaves and white flowers. It needs very sharp drainage and dry conditions, and it is best kept on the dry side year round.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining gritty mix, such as cactus mix with added pumice or grit.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect below about 2 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (C. & S. Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Dudleya albiflora, known by the common name white-flower liveforever, is a species of succulent perennial plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is native to the Baja California Peninsula. This species represents numerous populations with varying chromosome numbers scattered around the peninsula, but all share broad, common morphological traits such as white flowers and narrow leaves.

Where it grows

Dudleya albiflora occurs from the desolate southern Baja California coast south to the islands of Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida off of La Paz. It occurs in a variety of widely separated coastal locations and some inland locations. It is present on Cedros Island and Isla Natividad in the Pacific. Plants with an affinity to this species are found far inland in the Sierra de San Francisco.

Other Dudleya plants

Abrams' liveforever · San Bernardino Mountains liveforever · Limestone dudleya · Dudleya cymosa subsp. costatifolia · Abrams' liveforever · Vizcaino liveforever · Todos Santos liveforever · Anthony's Liveforever · Arizona Chalk Dudleya · Tapertip liveforever · Blochman's liveforever · Short Eaf Dudleya

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dudleya albiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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