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Dudleya cymosa subsp. cymosa
Also called Canyon Live Forever, Coast Range Dudleya
Canyon liveforever is a California native succulent in the stonecrop family that forms rosettes of broad, pale leaves and bright yellow, orange or red flowers. It thrives in sharp drainage on rocky or gritty ground and rots quickly if kept wet.
Dudleya cymosa subsp. cymosa is a subspecies of succulent perennial plant in the family Crassulaceae endemic to California. It is the autonymous subspecies for Dudleya cymosa, and is known by the common name canyon liveforever. It is native to the California Coast Ranges, the Sierra Nevada and the Santa Monica Mountains. It is characterized by bright-yellow, orange or red flowers and broad, wide leaves. This plant is commonly found growing on rocky outcrops, talus slopes, and in shaded canyons.
This species is endemic to California. It is distributed throughout the California Coast Ranges, reaching a northern extent in Humboldt County, and is also found throughout the Sierra Nevada, and more rarely in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is found in rocky outcroppings, talus slopes, and shaded canyon slopes.
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 cymosa subsp. cymosa 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.
