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Chalk Lettuce (Dudleya pulverulenta)

Chalk Lettuce

Chalk Lettuce, also known as Live-Forever (Dudleya pulverulenta), is a stunning succulent native to California and Baja California. It forms a large, solitary rosette of chalky-white, powdery leaves and produces tall, red flower stalks in summer.

Taxonomic Details

Family:	Crassulaceae (krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee)
Genus:	Dudleya (DUD-lee-yuh)
Species:	pulverulenta (pul-ver-oo-LEN-tuh)

Cactus and Succulents: Furcraea macdougalii: A Giant, Trunk-Forming Relative of Agave; Euphorbia bupleurifolia: A Bizarre, Pineapple-Topped Succulent with a Caudex; Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica): A Leafless, Wax-Producing Shrub for Extreme Heat; Desert Rose (Adenium arabicum); Dorstenia gigas (Socotra Fig Tree); Bontaalwyn (Aloe grandidentata): A Toothed Aloe Beauty; Jatropha mahafalensis: A Rare, Caudiciform Succulent Shrub; Yucca desmetiana: A Soft-Leaved, Blue-Green Yucca; Chalk Lettuce (Dudleya pulverulenta); Dudleya farinosa: Powdery Liveforever

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