Dudleya lanceolata (Lanceleaf Dudleya or Liveforever)

Photographs

My photos:

These young plants were growing on the wall of Bell Canyon in Caspers Wilderness Park, Orange County, California.

The plants below were photographed at Torrey Pines.

More photos:

Calflora in flower.
Hort29 nice closeup of a single plant.

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Plant Information

Crassulaceae

In the garden:

Dudleya lanceolata has grayish-green leaves, arranged in the form of a rosette. It serves as a great drought-tolerant groundcover and is ideal for succulent or rock gardens. It is also at home on a rock wall (either on it’s top or on it’s face) and it does well as a potted specimen in a well-drained potting soil, which is top dressed with pebbles. Water in the summer for best appearances. The name implies that this plant does not die after flowering. Young plants are usually green but will turn gray or white with age.

In the wild:

This Dudleya blooms from May to July with orange or pale green (with a red tinge) flowers. It grows best in full sun or light shade inland. Common on dry stony slopes or banks below 3500 feet.

Ethnobotany:

Native people used the leaves as greens.

Field Trips
Anza Borrego Caspers Holy Jim Canyon Idyllwild
Joshua Tree Mt Palomar Rancho Santa Ana Torrey Pines

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