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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woolly Croton at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton capitatus var. capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Croton capitatus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-005?:
Croton capitatus FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton capitatus
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Croton, Hogwort, Capitate Croton, Goatweed
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_245
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_croton_capitatus2
June Moore County NC
An erect, silvery to tan-colored annual, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_croton_capitatus2b
June Moore County NC
Stem leaves lanceolate to elliptic, base cordate, with gray and tan hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton capitatus var. capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Croton capitatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-005?:
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton capitatus
2969
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Glades, prairies, woodlands, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia, original native distribution unclear
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
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
Petioles 2-9cm long
Margins entiire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
5 petals (or petals absent in pistillate flowers)
10-15 stamens
Unisexual
Inflorescence an abbreviated terminal raceme
FRUIT:
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) p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p193
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