Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Croton at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. angustifolius
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. simpsonii
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-001:
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. angustifolius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. simpsonii
COMMON NAME:
Doveweed, Tooth-leaved Croton, Sand Croton, Northern Croton
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0506q_18
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0506q_21
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Plants stellate pubescent throughout, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100702_054
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_058
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_062
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
This is our [the Carolinas'] only Croton species with toothed leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100702_084
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves with coarsely serrate margins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_glandulosus_sept_2
July
White-vevety flowers in terminal clusters, not woolly only slightly hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm170826_800
August Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow s040816_a
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040816_b
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0509e_05
September Greenville County SC
Field
Croton usually has senescent leaves that turn orange before dehiscing, per Molecular phylogenetics of the giant genus Croton and tribe Crotoneae (Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto) (Berry et al., 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0509e_07
September Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm160910_007
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160910_009b
September Greenville County SC
Capsule 3-locular, one seed in each locule, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180913_4712
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s050902_e
September Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. angustifolius
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton glandulosus var. simpsonii
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-001:
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. angustifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton glandulosus var. simpsonii
2117
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native? its pre-Columbian range obscure because of its weedy nature
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins coarsely serrate or crenate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish
4 petals (or petals absent in pistillate flowers)
10-15 stamens
Unisexual
Inflorescence an abbreviated terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p050
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p210
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p045
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p179
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p194
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p320
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