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Santa Barbara Island Dudleya (Dudleya traskiae)

Photo Credit: Cal Native Plant Society

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Crassulaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 144125
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Categories of Interest: Cacti/Succulents
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/08/1989

Description:

Dudleya traskiae is a rare succulent plant known by the common name Santa Barbara Island liveforever. The plant has a basal rosette of flat, spade-shaped fleshy leaves up to 15 centimeters long, which are pale green to yellowish. It erects tall stems bearing dense, rounded flower clusters of many bright yellow flowers. Dudleya traskiae is a perennial succulent herb with foliage leaves in a basal rosette. The plants are evergreen, with a branched primary stem (caudex) and are composed of one to several hundred rosettes. The branching of the stem is dichotomous. The rosette leaves number 25-35, are strap-shaped - oblance-shaped to subacuminate and are 4-15 centimeter long and 1-4 centimeter wide. Leaves may be green or waxy pale with a waxy covering. The flowering stems are axillary and flowering is indeterminate in paniculate or cymose clusters. The petals (5) are bright yellow, often with red veins, fused below and curving outward in the upper half. Stamens (10) are borne on the corolla tube. The fruit is composed of 5 carpels that are spreading in age, 7-8 millimeter long. Seeds are many and minute, narrow and pointed. Flowering occurs from February-July. [Calscape]

Where is Santa Barbara Island Dudleya (Dudleya traskiae) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Dudleya traskiae is endemic to Santa Barbara Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky bluffs.

Distribution:

Although this species can be found in many nurseries, there are 3 specimens of Dudleya traskiae known to exist naturally on Santa Barbara Island off the coast of California. [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Santa Barbara Island Dudleya can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Santa Barbara Island Dudleya (Dudleya traskiae)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Desert Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/13/17

University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 01/17/19

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known from 10 locations on Santa Barbara Island, less than 100 individuals.