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Dudleya viscida
Also called Sticky Dudleya, Sticky Leaved Liveforever
Dudleya viscida is a rare Californian succulent subshrub in the Stonecrop family, known for its sticky, fragrant leaves, and it is found only on rocky slopes and coastal bluffs in southern California. It is grown mainly by specialist succulent collectors and needs sharp drainage and plenty of sun.
Dudleya viscida is a rare succulent plant known by common name as the sticky liveforever, sticky dudleya or the San Juan stylophyllum. It is endemic to California, where it is found on rocky slopes. It is unique among the genus Dudleya in that it has sticky, fragrant leaves, a trait only shared with Dudleya anomala.
This Dudleya is endemic to southern California, where it is known from only about 20 occurrences in San Diego, Orange, and Riverside Counties. It is mainly found on coastal sage scrub bluffs and inland chaparral rocky slopes, usually below 450 meters. In San Diego County, it is found on the bluffs at the mouth of the Santa Margarita River, Escondido Creek at Olivenhain, and San Marcos Creek.
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 viscida 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.
