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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read The Disappearing Act of Croton elliottii from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Croton elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Croton, Pondshore Croton
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Croton elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton elliottii
4225
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Shores and exposed drawdown zones of clay-based Carolina bays and limesink ponds (dolines), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-20mm long
Margins entiire
Leaves do not have stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
5 sepals in staminate flowers, 6-7 sepals in pistillate flowers
5 petals in staminate flowers, absent in pistillate flowers
Unisexual
Flowers in congested bisexual racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
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