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Laguna Beach liveforever

Dudleya stolonifera

Also called Laguna Beach Dudleya

Laguna Beach liveforever
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US, CC BY 2.0

A rare, federally threatened Dudleya from sea cliffs in Orange County, California, forming small rosettes of pointed reddish-green leaves with bright yellow flowers. It is grown as a succulent in dry, sharply drained conditions, and its wild populations should not be collected.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry fully between waterings, and less in winter.
Soil
Very gritty, fast-draining cactus or succulent mix with added grit or coarse sand.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California (San Joaquin Hills)
Climate
subtropical

About

Dudleya stolonifera is a succulent plant known by the common name Laguna Beach liveforever or Laguna Beach dudleya. This is a rare plant which is endemic to the coastline of Orange County, California. It is known from only about six populations in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, totaling about 30,000 individuals. It is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States.

Where it grows

This species is only distributed in Orange County, California, where it is endemic to cliffs in the San Joaquin Hills. It is only found in about six locations, which include Aliso Canyon, Laguna Laurel Canyon, and Mathis Canyon. Occurrences in the easily-accessible areas of Aliso Canyon, where plants were once collected, were extirpated by development, with the destruction of that population occurring prior to listing of the species.

Other Dudleya plants

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 stolonifera 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.

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