Dudleya saxosa is a
perennialsucculent plant species in the family
Crassulaceae, within the genus Dudleya, which are commonly known as liveforevers.[1]: 84 This species is a complex of 3 subspecies of plants, isolated and disjunct in distribution from one another, each with varying levels of ploidy and morphology.[2] One plant is native throughout the deserts and mountains of
Southern California, another is found in the
Panamint Mountains, and one is found throughout central
Arizona.[3]
Description
Dudleya saxosa is plant that grows from a rosette of fleshy leaves, which may be flat and blade-shaped to somewhat cylindrical. It bolts one or more erect stems which are usually dull pink to red in color, sometimes with pale green coloration. Atop the stems are compact
inflorescences of flowers with bright yellow petals.
Dudleya saxosa subsp. collomiae (Gila County live-forever)[5] A well isolated polyploid subspecies found throughout central
Arizona. It is most similar to the diploid subsp. aloides.[6]