NameThatPlant.net: Croton capitatus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton capitatus FAMILY Euphorbiaceae Go to FSUS key

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

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Croton, Hogwort, Capitate Croton, Goatweed

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-005?:
Croton capitatus FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

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