Croton capitatus Michx.
Detail
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Croton capitatus Michx.
- Common Name
- Woolly Croton, Hogwort
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Croton capitatus Michx.
- Comments
- Croton capitatus is a native species from South Carolina southward and well west of the Appalachians. Most occurrences in Virginia are weeds in crop fields. The Newport News City record found in 2011 in a barren powerline mimics its native habitats to the south and west.
- Habitat
- Fields, clearings, and roadsides; often in barren, compacted soils. Infrequent to rare in all provinces.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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