Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Croton capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton capitatus var. capitatus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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.