Dudleya cultrata

The caudex is 2 cm to 3.8 cm thick, 7 cm to 20 cm long, topped with 4 to 8 rosettes that are 10 cm to 15 cm in diameter. The rosettes branch in multiples of two, covered in 15 to 25 leaves. The leaves are a dull-green, 7 cm to 15 cm long, 2 cm wide, up to 6 mm thick at the base, tapering evenly to a round point.[2]

The peduncle is 25 cm to 60 cm tall, 6 mm thick with usually 10 or more short, narrow, and triangular bracts. The lowermost bracts are up to 2.5 cm long, with the bracts beginning only high over the rosette. The peduncle then divides into 3 to 4 upright branches. Suspended on pedicels that are 2 mm to 5 mm long, are 8 to 18 pale-yellow to yellow flowers. The sepals are relatively short, and the anthers are red.[2][3]

Dudleya cultrata is typically found abundantly on the coast around San Quintin Bay in Baja California, and also on San Martin Island. Its northern range is near Colonet, and it can be found south in the El Rosario coast as well. On San Martin, D. cultrata hybridizes with D. anthonyi.[1][2]

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  With inflorescence in front of plant
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  In flower
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  Detail of inflorescence
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  Specimens photographed in the dark