Dudleya ingens

Dudleya ingens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Dudleya
Species:	D. ingens
Binomial name
	Dudleya ingens; Rose
	Distribution of Dudleya ingens (red) and Dudleya viridicata (green)
Synonyms
	Dudleya eximia Johansen; Dudleya tenuifolia P.H. Thomson;

Dudleya ingens, commonly known as the Baja liveforever and the rock liveforever, is a species of succulent plant native to Baja California.

Description

Morphology

D. ingens has a simple caudex 2–4 cm thick, densely clothed with the bases of old leaves and crowned by a rosette of 20-30 large leaves 7–15 cm long, and 2–7 cm thick. The flowering stems are 5-6 dm long. Inflorescence has a somewhat open panicle, calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, half as long as the corolla, somewhat glaucous. It grows to an average height of 12 in (30 cm) and a width of 12 in (30 cm).[1]

Taxonomy

D. ingens is known to hybridize along its range with other Dudleya.[2]

Dudleya attenuata subsp. attenuata × D. ingens Moran (Colonet hybrid liveforever) - Occurs near Colonet and San Quintín, Baja California.
Dudleya viridicata Johansen (Colonet liveforever) - Likely variant form of D. ingens, or a form of D. brittonii, or a hybrid of both (D. ingens × D. brittonii)

Distribution and habitat

D. ingens occurs mostly along the coast and foothills of northwestern Baja California, from the vicinity of Santo Tomás and San Vicente south to Puerto Faro San José.[2]

Gallery

A field of Dudleya ingens
The rosette viewed from the side
Dudleya ingens at the Berggarten in Hanover
At the Berlin Botanical Garden
At the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

References

Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 18 1903.
P. Rebman, Jon; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego Natural History Museum. 45 – via San Diego Plant Atlas & San Diego Natural History Museum.

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[1] Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 18 1903.

[:0-2] P. Rebman, Jon; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego Natural History Museum. 45 – via San Diego Plant Atlas & San Diego Natural History Museum.