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Croton californicus
Muell.-Arg.
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
California Croton,
more...
(es: barbasco, vara blanca)
[
Croton californicus var. major
S.Watson,
more
Croton tenuis
S.Watson
]
Sue Carnahan
General Description
Resources
Plant
: Perennial or subshrub < 1 m, dioecious; hairs stellate, scale-like
Leaves
: simple, cauline, alternate; petiole 1-4 cm; blade 2-5.5 cm, elliptic to narrowly oblong, tip rounded to obtuse, margin entire
INFLORESCENCE
: raceme
Flowers
: Staminate flower: pedicels 1-5.5(7) mm; petals 0; stamens 10-15, filaments hairy, free, bent inward in bud; nectar disk generally divided Pistillate flower: pedicel < or = 1 mm, 1-1.5(3) mm in fruit; sepals 5, ± 2 mm, entire; ovary 3-chambered, styles 2-lobed, lobes 2-forked
Fruit
: capsule, spheric or 3-lobed, smooth or tubercled; Seed 3.5-5.5 mm, smooth, 1 per chamber; scar appendaged
Misc
: Sandy soils, dunes, washes; < 900 m
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Gregory Gust
Gregory Gust
Gregory Gust
Sue Carnahan
Sue Carnahan
Sue Carnahan
Sue Carnahan
Anthony Mendoza
Anthony Mendoza
Anthony Mendoza
L.G. Baez
Stephanie Harvey
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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