410

Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it on beach dunes, in coastal grasslands, usually with Uniola paniculata and/or Spartina patens, per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entiire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grayish
Unisexual
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
10-15 stamens
Inflorescence an abbreviated terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p346
• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p204
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p081
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p107
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p137
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p125

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Croton punctatus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton punctatus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-002:
Croton punctatus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae