LATIN NAME
Croton texensis
LONGEVITY
Annual
SEASON
Warm
ORIGIN
Native
DETAILS
• This plant is a weed of disturbed sites, prefers sandy to sandy loam soils.
• Flowers July to September.
• Croton is a monoecious plant; it has both male and female flowers.
• The oil from the seed is highly toxic to livestock but provides a valuable food source for quail, mourning dove, and turkeys.
• The Hopi Indians and early pioneers used the plant medicinally.
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