Crassulaceae

Tapertip liveforever

Dudleya attenuata (S.Watson) Moran

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Dudleya

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Tapertip liveforever (Dudleya attenuata) — FlowerPhoto: Lizette, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 折鹤
English: Tapertip liveforever

Synonyms

Cotyledon attenuata S.Watson
Cotyledon edulis var. attenuata (S.Watson) Jeps.
Cotyledon orcuttii Fedde
Cotyledon parishii Fedde
Dudleya attenuata subsp. orcuttii (Rose) Moran
Dudleya attenuata subsp. typica Moran
Echeveria edulis var. attenuata (S.Watson) Jeps.
Echeveria orcuttii (Rose) A.Berger
Echeveria palensis A.Berger
Stylophyllum attenuatum Britton & Rose
Stylophyllum orcuttii Rose
Stylophyllum parishii Britton

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Lizette, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: kclarksdnhmorg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Toyonbro derivative work: Addicted04, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mike Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kristen Francis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristen Francis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.