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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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
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)
Croton capitatus
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Croton, Hogwort, Capitate Croton
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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.
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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 (5/21/15):
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton capitatus var. capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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)
Croton capitatus
2969
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia, original native distribution unclear
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC & SC)
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 2-9cm long
Margins entiire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Unisexual
5 petals (or petals absent in pistillate flowers)
10-15 stamens
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 p050?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p203
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p193