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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 6 to 24 inches
Leaves: Malodorous
Other: Pubescent, toothed margins
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other: Brown, three chambered capsules containing oval shiny, grayish-tan, black stippled seeds.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Tooth-Leaved Croton
  • Tropic Croton
  • Vente Conmigo
  • Sand Croton

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Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: October 3, 2021
Croton #28; RAB p.663, 107-2-1; AG p. 457, 98-5-1,"Greek name of
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-07-12
Showing the glands at the base of the leaf back.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-07-27
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-04
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-28
There are tiny glands on the back of the leaf, near where it join
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Atlantic Forest, Paraty, SE Brazil
Date: 2013-12-14
showing the glands on the leaf base
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-07-12
closer look at the stem and leaf base with glands
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-14
Location: Atlantic Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-04
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-09-10
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-09-10
Flowers are tiny
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-09-10
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