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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read The Disappearing Act of Croton elliottii from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Croton elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Croton, Pondshore Croton
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton elliottii
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Croton elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton elliottii
4225
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Shores and exposed drawdown zones of clay-based Carolina bays and limesink ponds (dolines), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-20mm long
Margins entiire
Leaves do not have stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Unisexual
5 sepals in staminate flowers, 6-7 sepals in pistillate flowers
5 petals in staminate flowers, absent in pistillate flowers
Flowers in congested bisexual racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
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