Rosette leaves 3-12; blade oblanceolate, 1-4(-6) cm. Inflorescences: floral shoots 3-12 cm; leaves 0.5-1.5(-2.5) cm; young stems and leaves not or slightly glaucous. Petals 6-10[-12] mm. 2n = 34 [68, 102].

Flowering late spring. Heavy soil on rocky hillsides and flats, especially atop seabluffs; of conservation concern; 0-500 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Subspecies blochmaniae is reported from San Simeon, California, to Cabo Colonett, Baja California; because of urbanization some populations are extinct; it is considered seriously threatened in California (California Native Plant Society, http://cnps.web.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi). It hybridizes in nature with Dudleya edulis (R. V. Moran 1951).

Subspecies blochmaniae is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.