Dudleya setchellii, the Santa Clara Valley Dudleya, is a member of the Dudleya genus of succulent perennials, members of the family Crassulaceae. The Santa Clara Valley Dudleya was listed on February 3, 1995, as an endangered species. Dudleya setchellii is found only in the Coyote Valley area of southern Santa Clara County, California, mostly on rocky outcrops within serpentine grasslands on Tulare Hill and Santa Teresa Hill west of Coyote Creek in south San Jose and south of Metcalf Canyon east of Coyote Creek. A large population was destroyed with County approval for the housing development on Communications Hill. The City Council conceded to the pressures of the developer and took money to fund a plan checker in exchange for granting development rights which appears to have impacted the single largest recorded population of this endangered plant. More recently, goats have been used for weed control near the Coyote Creek Golfcourse and were observed feeding amongst the serpentine boulders where this plant is found. It is illegal to collect plants or seed and it has recently been turning up at local nursery sales, obviously from wild collected plants.