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Dudleya rubens
Also called San Francisco Liveforever
Dudleya rubens, known as San Francisco liveforever, is a rosette-forming succulent perennial from the mountains of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It needs sharp drainage and bright conditions, and it does best kept dry.
Dudleya rubens is a species of succulent perennial plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common name as the San Francisco liveforever, native to the mountains of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is a rosette-forming plant with waxy leaves, characterized by branching stems and dull red to apricot flowers. It is only found above 500 metres (1,600 ft) in the Sierra de San Francisco and the Sierra de la Giganta ranges in Baja California Sur, primarily on north-facing volcanic slopes.
This species is native to Baja California Sur, being the only Dudleya found above 500 m in the northern part of the state. It is native to the Sierra de San Francisco and the Sierra de Guadalupe in northern Baja California Sur, extending further south as the Sierra de la Giganta south of Loreto. The Sierra de San Francisco form primarily grows on north-facing volcanic cliffs, between 3,000 and 4,000 feet high. The Sierra de la Palmas form grows at 4,000 to 5,000 feet high. Finally, the species growing at the Sierra de La Giganta grows within 6 to 8 miles of the coast, at a height of 2,400 to 3,000 feet.
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 rubens 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.
