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Dudleya lanceolata is a succulent plant known by the common name Lanceleaf Dudleya and lanceleaf liveforever. This plant is native to the mountains of southern California and Baja California, where it is found in rocky areas and slopes. This dudleya has fleshy, pointed leaves of variable shape and size, from a star-shaped basal rosette of flat, spade-shaped leaves to bunches of longer, thicker leaves. Its stem is erect and bears a branching flower cluster with up to 20 flowers on each of its few branches. The flowers are generally bright yellow, pink, or red, with pale green bases. The leaves grow only 3-4 inches above the ground, but the flower branches grow up to 2 feet high. This species is in the Subgenus Dudleya which has tubular flowers and is pollinated by hummingbirds or bumble bees.
Perennial herb, Succulent
4 - 8 in Tall
1 ft Wide
Spreading
Slow
Summer Semi-deciduous
None
Orange, Pink, Red, Yellow
Spring, Summer
Containers
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Never irrigate once established
Tolerates cold to 12° F
Fast, Medium, Slow
Tolerates sand and clay but prefers very rocky substrate.
Soil PH: 5.0 - 8.0
The plant produces offsets which may be separated for planting elsewhere. Seed propagation is difficult because the seed is very tiny and dust-like. For propagating by seed: No treatment.
7, 9, 14, 15, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Rocky slopes of canyon, bluffs, marine terraces and mesas within Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub. The basal rosette is often hidden under other plants and only the inflorescence is visible.
Chaparral, Coastal Scrub
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Scrub Oaks, Chaparral Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus), California Encelia, California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica), Woolly Bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum), Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum), Yucca spp., various cactus species
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Likely
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Confirmed
Anthidium collectum
California Digger Bee
Anthophora californica
Urban Digger Bee
Anthophora urbana
Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor