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Dudleya virens subsp. extima
Guadalupe green liveforever is a small rosette-forming succulent with bright green or white waxy leaves and white flowers, native only to Guadalupe Island off Baja California. Grow it as a hardy, drought-tolerant succulent with sharp drainage and bright light.
Dudleya virens subsp. extima is a subspecies of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae commonly known as the Guadalupe green liveforever. It is a rosette-forming leaf succulent, with both green and white waxy foliage. It has white flowers with spreading petals that bloom from May to June. It is a somewhat small plant, continuing a southward trend of decreasing size relative to other Dudleya virens subspecies. This plant is endemic to Guadalupe Island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which is 241 kilometers off of the Baja California coast. It is very rare, with this plant only surviving on sheer cliff faces and canyons, out of the reach of the former feral goat population rampant on the island. It closely resembles a miniature version of Dudleya virens subsp. virens, but it may be more nearly related to the local Dudleya guadalupensis.
It is endemic to Guadalupe Island, a volcanic island in the eastern Pacific Ocean belonging to Mexico. It is not on the continental shelf of North America, and is over 241 kilometers from the coast of Baja California. Plants are only found on the north and northeast half of the island, on steep, north-facing cliffs and canyons, and under rocks in the forest of Quercus tomentella. It is found in what Reid Moran called Hemizonia Cliff at 800 m (2,600 ft), the oak forest at 700 m (2,300 ft), Barracks Canyon at 450 to 420 m (1,480 to 1,380 ft), and Esparsa Canyon at 250 m (820 ft). It is scarce, but out of reach of the former goats, the plant appears to be surviving.
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