Dudleya multicaulis
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Dudleya multicaulis is a succulent plant
known by the common name manystem liveforever. This dudleya
is endemic to southern California
, where it is rare and becoming increasingly uncommon as its habitat is altered.
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, where it lives mostly along the coastal plain in heavy clay soils. It is threatened by development, road construction, and recreational activity.
Succulent plant
Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climates or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems, and also in roots...
known by the common name manystem liveforever. This dudleya
Dudleya
Dudleya is a genus of succulent perennials, consisting of about 45 species in southwest North America.Many plants in the Dudleya genus were formerly classified as Echeveria....
is endemic to southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
, where it is rare and becoming increasingly uncommon as its habitat is altered.
Description
This plant grows few short, fingerlike cylindrical leaves with pointed tips. It is dominated by its erect stem, which is topped with a branching inflorescence bearing up to 15 flowers on each long, thin branch. The flowers have pointed yellow petals up to a centimeter long, and long stamenStamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
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Distribution
Most of its known occurrences are in Orange CountyOrange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, where it lives mostly along the coastal plain in heavy clay soils. It is threatened by development, road construction, and recreational activity.
See also
- California coastal sage and chaparralCalifornia coastal sage and chaparral ecoregionThe California coastal sage and chaparral, a sub-ecoregion of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, is found in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California in Mexico.-Location:...
- (subecoregion) - Coastal sage scrubCoastal sage scrubCoastal sage scrub is a low scrubland plant community found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of coastal California and northern Baja California. It is characterized by low-growing aromatic, and drought-deciduous shrubs adapted to the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the...
- (plant association)