Calflora
Taxon  Report   2847    
Dudleya cymosa  (Lem.) Britton & Rose  ssp. ovatifolia  (Britton) Moran
Santa monica mountains dudleya,   Santa monica mtns. dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).   CNDDB
Federal status: Threatened.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Observation Search
(47 records)
one or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period
Family: Crassulaceae  
Genus: Dudleya
Parent: Dudleya cymosa

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS
Alternate Names:
JEFDudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis
More information about  Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia

Dudleya: for William Russel Dudley (1849-1911), first professor of botany and head of the Botany Department at Stanford University (contributed by Cynthia Powell)


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 01/22/2022).