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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Croton monanthogynus 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Euphorbiaceae
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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	Croton monanthogynus 
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Euphorbiaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Croton monanthogynus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:
Croton monanthogynus FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton monanthogynus
COMMON NAME:
Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_monanthogynus_3
August
Leaves ovate to oval, silvery green, covered with branched hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_croton_monanthogynusb
August
Flowers minute. Male 3-5 tiny petals & sepals; female 5 sepals, no petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Croton monanthogynus 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Euphorbiaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Croton monanthogynus 
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Euphorbiaceae
	
	SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
	
	Croton monanthogynus
	
 
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:
Croton monanthogynus 
 
 
 
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
	
  
	Croton monanthogynus
	
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