Dudleya abramsii subsp. affinis

With developing inflorescence

This plant typically emerges from a singular rosette, with an unbranching and very short caudex 10 to 15 mm wide. The rosette is 3 to 6 cm wide, and is topped with leaves 2 to 4 cm long. The shape of the leaves is elliptic to oblanceolate, and they are usually 7 to 15 mm wide. On the inflorescence, the peduncle is 3 to 8 cm tall, and 1 to 3 mm wide. The lower bracts are 5 to 6 mm large, and the inflorescence branches off into a few simple, ascending branches, with 3 to 8 flowers per branch. The flowers have fused petals, and the keel of the flower is typically lined in red. The plant flowers from May through July.[4]

This plant was first described by Kei M. Nakai, a botanist doing research on Dudleya. It is one of many subspecies of Dudleya abramsii.[3] Some of the plants occurring near Baldwin Lake have been regarded by some authors as Dudleya baldwinensis.[5] Plants with up to 50 rosettes occurring on limestone in Cushenbury Canyon may actually be Dudleya abramsii subsp. calcicola.[4]