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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton monanthogynus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Croton monanthogynus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:

Croton monanthogynus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Croton monanthogynus

 

COMMON NAME:
Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton


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image of Croton monanthogynus, Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crmo6_001_lvd

        

image of Croton monanthogynus, Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Croton monanthogynus, Prairie-tea Croton, One-seed Croton

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Croton monanthogynus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton monanthogynus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Croton monanthogynus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-02-004:
Croton monanthogynus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Croton monanthogynus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3610

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: limestone outcrops, blackland prairies, disturbed dry soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entiire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Tawny
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
10-15 stamens
Unisexual

Inflorescence an abbreviated terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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