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Dudleya crassifolia
Dudleya crassifolia is a rare, drought-deciduous corm-forming succulent from one tiny sandstone bluff in Baja California. It goes dormant in dry periods and survives on its underground corm, so it needs a sharply drained, sunny spot and very little water.
Dudleya crassifolia is a species of drought deciduous, corm-forming succulent plant known by common name as the thick-leaf dudleya. It is an incredibly rare and cryptic plant native to one small locale less than a hectare in area on the Colonet peninsula in Baja California. It is threatened by urban development, including a proposed seaport. It is characterized by white, spreading flowers with leaf bases that are persistent on the stem. Although it did not receive as much media attention as the neighboring Dudleya hendrixii, it has been noted that the plant has several similarities to cryptic succulents like Anacampseros.
This species is endemic to Baja California in Mexico. This plant grows 7 miles south of the town of Colonet, on the reddish sandstone bluffs of a mesa. It grows in maritime chaparral, on a soil with iron concretions, similar to Dudleya brevifolia's habitat, which is also on a sandstone bluff with iron concretions. The entire locality where Dudleya crassifolia occurs is less than one hectare. It shares the general locality with numerous species of Dudleya, including other deciduous species like Dudleya hendrixii and Dudleya blochmaniae.
Abrams' liveforever · San Bernardino Mountains liveforever · Limestone dudleya · Dudleya cymosa subsp. costatifolia · Abrams' liveforever · Vizcaino liveforever · White-flowered liveforever · Todos Santos liveforever · Anthony's Liveforever · Arizona Chalk Dudleya · Tapertip liveforever · Blochman's liveforever
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dudleya crassifolia 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.
