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Scientific classification
Genus:	Dudleya
Species:	attenuata
Synonyms
Cotyledon attenuata S. Watson Cotyledon edulis var. attenuata (S. Watson) Jeps. Echeveria attenuata (S. Watson) A. Berger Echeveria edulis var. attenuata (S. Watson) Jeps. Stylophyllum attenuatum (S. Watson) Britton & Rose

Dudleya attenuata, common names including Orcutt's live-forever and tapertip liveforever, is plant species native to California and to Baja California.

Leaves of this species are clavate, up to 5 mm thick. Flowers are open rather than tubular, borne in cymes with only 1-3 simple branches, hence with fewer flowers than most related species.

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In habitat in Ensenada
Specimen in El Rosario
Specimen in Ensenada
Specimen in Ensenada
Cultivated plant

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