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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Prairie-tea Croton at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crmo6_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_monanthogynus_3
August
Leaves ovate to oval, silvery green, covered with branched hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_croton_monanthogynusb
August
Flowers minute. Male 3-5 tiny petals & sepals; female 5 sepals, no petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:
Croton monanthogynus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
3610
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it pn limestone outcrops, blackland prairies, disturbed dry soil, 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
Whitish/ Tawny
Unisexual
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
10-15 stamens
Inflorescence an abbreviated terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p157
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p194