Our Plants (List)

This little liveforever is found on a couple Channel Islands (Catalina and San Nicolas) and the Palos Verde peninsula on the mainland. Like so many dudleyas it thrives under the moderating effects of the Pacific Ocean. The narrow, fleshy leaves of this sub-species have a waxy gray hue. They are…

This dudleya, like many liveforevers, has a very narrow distribution in Orange and San Diego Counties. It is found clinging to cliffs and hillsides from the immediate coast into the coastal mountains. Sticky dudleya grows as a rosette of gray-green, upright “fingers.” The leaves are covered with sticky material that…

Engelmann’s hedgehog is the most widespread of the hedgehog cactuses. It ranges through much of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, southern Nevada and Utah. It continues as a common member of desert plant communities in Sonora and northern Baja, Mexico. The hedgehog moniker comes from the tendency of cactuses in…

Elymus condensatus, giant rye, is found along the coast and in coastal mountains in much of California. The ‘Canyon Prince’ is thought to be a possible hybrid between E. condensatus and Elymus mollis, a smaller coastal species. It was introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and has proven an…