Dudleya hendrixii (Dudleya hendrixii)
Description
Dudleya hendrixii is a flowering plant discovered in late 2016 by researchers from San Diego State University and University of California, Santa Cruz. Having upright, waxy, terete leaves, the plant is only found on a few acres of the Colonet Peninsula of Baja California, Mexico. This thin, stalky plant grows to about 1 ft (0.30 m) tall, and has bright pink and white flowers. Dudleya hendrixii is summer deciduous, dying in the summer only to re-sprout in the fall. The plant’s name translates directly to "Hendrix’s liveforever," as Mark Dodero, the former graduate student from SDSU who is credited with discovering the plant, was listening to Hendrix’s "Voodoo Child" at the moment he found the plant. Because of its small habitat, the plant under threat of extinction from grazing and development.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Crassulaceae
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Genus: Dudleya
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