CYMOSA ssp. PANICULATA  (Jepson) K.M.Nakai, 1988

Synonyms :

Cotyledon caespitosa var. paniculata  Jepson (1901) / Dudleya paniculata  (Jepson) Britton & Rose (1903) / Cotyledon paniculata  (Jepson) Fedde (1904)) / Cotyledon laxa var. paniculata  (Jepson) Jepson (1925) / Echeveria laxa var. paniculata (Jepson) Jepson (1936)

Dudleya humilis  Rose (1903) / Cotyledon humilis  (Rose) Fedde (1904)

Echeveria jepsonii  Nelson & Macbride (1913)

Echeveria diaboli  A.Berger (1930)

Distribution : USA (California: Region of the San Francisco Bay, Inner South Coast Ranges); rocks, slopes, 30 - 1200 m.

Differs from ssp. cymosa :

Stems 1 - 2 cm in diameter.

Rosettes mostly few.

Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 3 - 10 x 0.5 - 2 cm, glaucous.

Inflorescence : Scape 5 - 20 cm, inflorescence with 2 - 3 scorpioid branches, these 1 - 2x branched, 1 - 5 cm, with 4 - 10 flowers, pedicels (3-) 6 - 12 mm.

Flowers : Petals 1.5 - 2.5 mm wide, pale yellow.