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Dudleya caespitosa is a succulent plant known by several common names, including sealettuce, sand lettuce, and coast dudleya. It is endemic to California, where it grows along the coastline from San Francisco to Los Angeles. This dudleya starts from a rosette up to 20 centimeters wide, containing up to 30 leaves. The leaves are fleshy, pale green, and cone-shaped to oblong, one or two centimeters wide and almost a centimeter thick. The stem is a caudex which grows erect up to about 20 centimeters in height before branching into the flower cluster. Its color is variable, from green to red and yellow shades. At the top is a tall flower cluster which may hold 10 or 15 flowers on each of several branches. The flowers are bright yellow with pointed petals. References:Dudleya and Hassenthaus Handbook, Paul Thompson 1993
Perennial herb, Succulent
4 - 8 in Tall
4 - 6 in Wide
Spreading
Summer Semi-deciduous
Red, Yellow
Spring, Summer
Containers, Groundcover
Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Low, Very Low
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to 25 - 30° F
Fast
Rocky cliffs.
Soil PH: 5 - 7
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24
Coastal cliffs
Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa), Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium), Red Maids (Calandrinia menziesii), dwarf or low growing Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), Giant Coreopsis (Leptosyne gigantea), low growing Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis), Coast Eriogonum (Eriogonum latifolium), Seaside Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus), Coastal Sagewort (Artemisia pycnocephala)
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 3 likely
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Moss' Elfin
Callophrys mossii
Sonoran Blue
Philotes sonorensis