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Dudleya variegata
Also called Variegated Dudleya
A small deciduous succulent that survives the dry season dormant underground as a corm, then sends up paddle-shaped leaves and yellow star flowers after winter rain. Keep it dry while dormant and give it sharp drainage and sun during the growing season.
Dudleya variegata is a deciduous succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common names variegated liveforever, variegated dudleya or rarely San Diego Hasseanthus. A cryptic plant that survives part of the year dormant underground from starch reserves in a corm, after sufficient rainfall, leaves will emerge, soon giving way to small inflorescences with yellow star-shaped flowers. It is native to Baja California and adjacent San Diego County in California, where it grows in several habitat types, including chaparral and vernal pools.
The plant is endemic to an area roughly 80 km long, from San Diego County down into northwestern Baja California, from Tijuana to Ensenada. It occurs in relatively small, disjunct populations from near Black Mountain Ranch in San Diego County to Ensenada. Localities in San Diego County that have or had populations include Black Mountain, Kearney Mesa, Dictionary Hill, San Miguel Mountain, El Cajon, La Mesa, Fletcher Hills, Paradise Hills, Rice Canyon, Dehesa, Otay Mountain, Imperial Beach, and the border near the Otay Crossing. There is also an occurrence at the Silver Strand Training Complex, between Imperial Beach and Silver Strand State Beach.
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 variegata 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.
