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threeseed croton

Habit Plants densely velvety appressed-tomentose.
Leaf

blades suborbiculate, length mostly less than 2 times width, apex rounded to broadly acute.

Pedicels

, at least some, recurved in fruit.

Croton lindheimerianus var. lindheimerianus

Phenology Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat Floodplains, old pastures, loamy soils, roadsides.
Elevation 50–600 m. (200–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; AZ; IL; IN; KS; LA; MO; NC; NM; OK; SC; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Variety lindheimerianus is somewhat weedy and is adventive to central North Carolina, where it has persisted at the same site for over 50 years; it presumably is introduced also in South Carolina.

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

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 219.
Parent taxa Euphorbiaceae > Croton > Croton lindheimerianus
Sibling taxa
C. lindheimerianus var. tharpii
Synonyms C. eutrigynus
Name authority unknown
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