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Dudleya gnoma
Munchkin liveforever is a rare, tiny succulent with white powdery rosettes and small yellow flowers, native only to Santa Rosa Island off California. It is grown by succulent enthusiasts, and the key to success is keeping it dry, since summer watering can damage its roots.
Dudleya gnoma is a rare species of succulent plant in the stonecrop family known by the common names munchkin liveforever and munchkin dudleya. It is characterized by its diminutive stature, small yellow flowers, and distinctive white rosettes. It is endemic to the eastern portion of Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, where it is known from one population at the type locality, containing three colonies of plants.
Though rare in the wild, this dudleya is kept in cultivation by gardeners and enthusiasts of succulents, and a cultivar called 'White Sprite' is popular. The cultivar was first introduced and named by Abbey Garden in the early 1970s from a plant of Dorothy Dunn, who in turn acquired her material from Reid Moran. The International Succulent Institute also distributed one of Moran's specimens, Moran 3364, as 'White Sprite' in 1977.
Although the plant is available in cultivation, the species is more difficult to maintain than other Dudleya species. Supplemental watering in summer may damage or even kill the roots, and leads to often little or stunted growth.
This species is distributed on Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands of California in the United States. It is found on a ridge on the eastern side of the island. This species grows on rocky slopes with shallow volcanic soils.
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 gnoma 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.
