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Dudleya cymosa subsp. cymosa
(Lem.) Britton & Rose
(redirected from:
Cotyledon laxa var. nevadensis
(S. Watson) Jeps.)
Family:
Crassulaceae
[
Cotyledon laxa var. nevadensis
(S. Watson) Jeps.,
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Dudleya purpusii
(K. Schum.) Rose ex Britton & Rose
]
FNA
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Reid V. Moran in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Caudices
simple or 2-3-branched, 1-3.5 cm diam.
Leaves:
rosettes 10-25-leaved; blade green, oblanceolate to spatulate, 3-12 × 1-5.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, surfaces sometimes farinose, glaucous.
Inflorescences:
floral shoots 5-20-leaved, 5-30 cm; cincinni 3+, 4-10-flowered, mostly 1-6 cm.
Petals
mostly bright yellow to red, 10-12 × 2-3.5 mm.
2
n
= 34.
Flowering spring-early summer. Cliffs, rocky slopes; 0-2700 m; Calif.
A report of subsp.
cymosa
from southwestern Oregon (J. A. Bartel 1993) is unfounded.
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