Panamint Liveforever (Dudleya saxosa) is a perennial succulent desert plant. It is native to the rocky slopes of the Peninsular Ranges and the sky islands in the Mojave Desert mountains.
Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=23670
California Desert Wildflowers, Philip A. Munz, 1975, p.34
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Desert Liveforever (Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides)
Conservation Status: Vulnerable S3 in United States (NatureServe)
Population is in decline due to habitat loss, and collection.
Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=50245
Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers https://borregowildflowers.org/?type=search&searchtype=S&family=&name=Dudleya%20saxosa%20aloides
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Liveforever (Genus Dudleya)
California has 49 recorded native species of Dudleya, many of which are endemic to the state, and some of which are endemic to a only a single county. (I-Nat. California Dudleya Mapping Project) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-dudleya-mapping-project
Genus: Dudleya is in the Stonecrop (Crassulaceae) family. It is characterized by fleshy and glabrous leaves which occur in basal rosettes, and in colors generally ranging from green to gray. The inflorescence are on vertical or inclined stems up to a meter high, but usually much shorter, topped by a cyme with alternate leaf-like bracts. Both the petals and sepals of the small flowers are 5 in number and are fused below. 5 pistils, also fused below, have 10 stamens.
Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/crassulaceae-dudleya/
Jepson eFlora Genus Dudleya taxon page: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10874
Jepson eFlora Key to Dudleya: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_keys.php?key=10874
Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 140-143.
Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 341-342.
