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Dudleya linearis
Dudleya linearis is a rosette-forming succulent perennial endemic to West San Benito Island off Baja California, Mexico, grown for its long flat green leaves and yellow spring flowers. Key to growing it is sharp drainage and a dry, sunny spot, since it is a desert-adapted plant.
Dudleya linearis is an insular succulent plant known by common name as the San Benitos liveforever. It is a rosette-forming perennial characterized by its long, flat green leaves on clustered heads and its yellow flowers. It is endemic to the western island of the Islas San Benito, a small Mexican archipelago in the Pacific Ocean west of Cedros Island. The limited population of the species is vulnerable, and has twice come close to extinction from introductions of grazing animals.
Dudleya linearis is endemic to West San Benito Island, the largest of the San Benito Islands, an archipelago west of Cedros Island. It is somewhat scarce, and is found on canyon walls and slopes on the north side of the island. The plant is not present on the eastern or middle islands.
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 linearis 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.
