Dudleya verityi

Dudleya verityi is a rare species of succulent plant known by the common name Verity's liveforever.

It is endemic to Ventura County, California, where it is known from only three occurrences in the vicinity of Conejo Mountain between Camarillo and Thousand Oaks.

The erect inflorescence is composed of a bract-lined peduncle up to 15 centimeters tall which splits into terminal branches each bearing several flowers.

The flower has a base of fleshy, triangular sepals and longer, bright yellow petals just over a centimeter long.

The caudex is 2 to 10 mm thick, and 2 to 10 cm long, and caespitosely branches to form a relaxed cluster, which may be more tightly compact in cultivation.

The corolla is shaped nearly conical in bud, colored yellow with a tinge of green on the midrib, and in anthesis is tubular, being slightly constricted at the mouth.

This was likely due to the fact that it had similar morphological characteristics, such as yellow petals, a glaucous rosette, and relatively thick, oblong-lanceolate leaves, which appear close to the population of D. caespitosa at Point Mugu.

[3] Peter H. Raven and Henry J. Thompson in their 1966 "Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains" placed this population as Dudleya farinosa, which is closely related to D. caespitosa.

It often grows in layers of the lichen Niebla ceruchoides, which may provide a moisture-capturing bed for seeds that fall from it.

[2] This species is only found on one edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, where it occurs in coastal sage scrub habitat.

[2] It is a federally listed threatened species, with the main threat to its existence being destruction of its habitat for development, mining, and flood control.

Flowering.
Detail of the flowers.
A caespitose clump.
A natural hybrid of Dudleya blochmaniae and Dudleya verityi .
Growing with lichen.
With budding flowers on Conejo Mountain.