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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton argyranthemus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Croton argyranthemus

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

Croton argyranthemus

 

COMMON NAME:
Silver Croton, Sandhill Croton, Healing Croton


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image of Croton argyranthemus, Silver Croton, Sandhill Croton, Healing Croton

Keith Bradley    kab_c_argyranthemus_73905

May    Orange County    FL

Wekiwa Springs State Park

Petals of staminate flowers lepidote [scurfy], per Weakley's Flora.

image of Croton argyranthemus, Silver Croton, Sandhill Croton, Healing Croton

Keith Bradley    kab_c_argyranthemus_73911

May    Orange County    FL

Wekiwa Springs State Park

Leaves with relatively long petioles (found in dry longleaf pinelands), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton argyranthemus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3959

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain

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

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entiire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Silvery white
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
10-15 stamens
Unisexual

Flowers in terminal racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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