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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton michauxii var. ellipticus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Circumscription of Croton section Crotonopsis (van Ee & Berry, 2009)

Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Croton willdenowii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-03-002:

Crotonopsis elliptica   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Crotonopsis elliptica

 

COMMON NAME:
Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil


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image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3792

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231869842425032

July    Hoke County    NC

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm060730_011

July    Pickens County    SC

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9208

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Stem lvs scattered, alternate; most lvs on the wide-spreading branches opposite or oft whorled, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9210

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Stems branched, densely covered by silvery scales w reddish-brown centers. Leaves to 1.5" long, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9212

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves green above, but underneath silvery-hoary w stellate hairs and scurfy w brownish scales, per Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950).

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9217

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    s060730_b

July    Pickens County    SC

Silvery hairs and scattered brown to red spots on leaf undersides, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9724

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm221010_0326

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm221010_0327

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm221010_0328

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm231001_5738

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm231001_5738b

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Croton willdenowii, Outcrop Rushfoil, Willdenow's Croton, Glade Rushfoil, Broadleaf Rushfoil

JK Marlow    jkm231010_5933

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Croton michauxii var. ellipticus   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Circumscription of Croton section Crotonopsis (van Ee & Berry, 2009)
Croton michauxii var. elliptica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Croton willdenowii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-03-002:
Crotonopsis elliptica   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

411

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, diabase barrens, calcareous barrens, thin soils around other rock outcrops, open woodlands, disturbed sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate on stem (but most leaves on the branches are opposite or whorled)
Leaves sessile or short-petiolate
Margins entiire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
5-lobed calyx
Petals absent in pistillate flowers
5 stamens
Unisexual

Inflorescence a terminal spike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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