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sand croton

Photo is of parent taxon

vente conmigo

Habit Plants 1–2 dm. Plants 1–2 dm.
Stems

densely stellate-hairy, hairs appressed, radii equal.

sparsely stellate-hairy, hairs appressed, radii equal, central radius lacking.

Leaves

petiole apical glands sessile, circular when dry, 0.2 mm diam.;

blade 0.7–3.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, length mostly 2 times width or less, firm-thick, marginal teeth rounded, both surfaces densely stellate-hairy;

base obscurely 3-veined.

petiole apical glands sessile, circular when dry, 0.2–0.3 mm diam.;

blade 0.6–1.5(–3) × 0.5–1.2 cm, length mostly 2 times width or less, membranous, marginal teeth rounded, both surfaces glabrate;

base markedly 3-veined.

Croton glandulosus var. arenicola

Croton glandulosus var. floridanus

Phenology Flowering year-round. Flowering year-round.
Habitat Beaches, old fields, disturbed sites, sandy waste places. Beaches, sand dunes, old fields, disturbed sites, waste places.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
FL
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Variety arenicola is restricted to Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. A. M. Ferguson (1901) treated a collection of this variety as Croton betulinus Vahl, but that is a distinct, perennial species from the West Indies.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Variety floridanus grows in Broward, Collier, Lee, Manatee, Martin, and Pinellas counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 215. FNA vol. 12, p. 216.
Parent taxa Euphorbiaceae > Croton > Croton glandulosus Euphorbiaceae > Croton > Croton glandulosus
Sibling taxa
C. glandulosus var. floridanus, C. glandulosus var. lindheimeri, C. glandulosus var. pubentissimus, C. glandulosus var. septentrionalis
C. glandulosus var. arenicola, C. glandulosus var. lindheimeri, C. glandulosus var. pubentissimus, C. glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Synonyms C. arenicola C. floridanus
Name authority (Small) B. W. van Ee, P. E. Berry & Ginzbarg: Harvard Pap. Bot. 14: 49. (2009) (A. M. Ferguson) R. W. Long: Rhodora 72: 22. (1970)
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