CYMOSA ssp. OVATIFOLIA (Britton) Moran, 1957
Synonyms :
Dudleya ovatifolia Britton (1903) / Cotyledon ovatifolia (Britton) Fedde (1904) / Echeveria ovatifolia (Britton) A.Berger (1930)
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis K.M.Nakai (1988) / Dudleya agourensis (K.M.Nakai) P.H.Thomson (1993)
Distribution : USA (California: Santa Monica Mts.); shady rocks, 150 - 500 m, rare.
Differs from spp. cymosa :
Stems 1 - 1.5 cm in diameter.
Rosettes 5 - 10 cm in diameter, usually with 6 - 10 leaves, solitary or cushion-forrning with up to ± 6 rosettes.
Leaves oblong to elliptic to ovate, 2 - 5 (-10) x (1-) 1.5 - 2.5 cm, green, not glaucous, dorsally often tinged with chestnut-brown.
Inflorescence : Scape (4-) 10 - 20 cm, glaucous, often tinged with red, inflorescence with 2 - 3 not or 1x branched scorpioid branches, these 1 - 3 cm, with 3 - 5 flowers, pedicels 6 - 12 mm.
Flowers : Petals apically spreading at 45 – 90°, bright yellow, rarely orange- or red-patterned, sometimes glaucous along the keel.
Cytology : n = 17