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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Croton michauxii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sand Rushfoil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton michauxii var. michauxii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Circumscription of Croton section Crotonopsis (van Ee & Berry, 2009)
Croton michauxii var. michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-03-001:
Crotonopsis linearis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sand Rushfoil, Michaux's Croton, Narrowleaf Rushfoil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crli3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Croton michauxii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton michauxii var. michauxii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Circumscription of Croton section Crotonopsis (van Ee & Berry, 2009)
Croton michauxii var. michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-03-001:
Crotonopsis linearis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
3603
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in GA, rare northward
Look for it in sandhills, disturbed sandy soils, 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
Margins entiire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
5 stamens
Inflorescence a terminal spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!