Author: |
Reid Venable Moran, 1957 |
Family: |
CRASSULACEAE |
Origin: |
Santa Catalina Island; S-W
USA |
Soil: |
Grit |
Water: |
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
Height: |
15 Centimetres |
Flower: |
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names: |
Catalina Island Live-Forever,
Catalina Dudleya |
Synonyms: |
Might be: Dudleya
virens subsp. hassei, Moran 1995.
Stylophyllum hassei,
Rose, 1903.
Echeveria hassei, A.Berger 1930. |
This member of the Crassulaceae
family
was given this name by Reid Venable Moran in 1957. It is found on Santa
Catalina Island; south-western USA, growing in a well drained soil
like grit with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to fifteen centimetres in height. The flowers are white.
The genera honours
Professor William R. Dudley, 1849-1911, a US-American botanist at
Standford University. The specific epithet
honours Hermann Edward Hasse, 1836-1915, a botanist and medical doctor who
studied California mosses and lichens. |