Crassulaceae

Sealettuce

Dudleya caespitosa (Haw.) Britton & Rose

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Dudleya

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Sealettuce: Photo of Dudleya caespitosa at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 御剑
English: Sealettuce, Coast dudleya, Coast lettuce, Coast liveforever, Sea lettuce
Persian: کاهوی ماسهزار

Synonyms

Cotyledon caespitosa Haw.
Cotyledon helleri Fedde
Cotyledon linguiformis W.T.Aiton
Cotyledon reflexa Willd.
Dudleya cotyledon Britton & Rose
Dudleya helleri Rose
Echeveria caespitosa DC.
Echeveria californica hort. ex Baker
Echeveria cotyledon A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Echeveria helleri (Rose) A.Berger
Sedum cotyledon J.Jacq.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.