Croton lindheimerianus var. lindheimerianus
Synonyms: Croton eutrigynus A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 219.
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.
Phenology: Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat: Floodplains, old pastures, loamy soils, roadsides.
Elevation: 50–600 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Ark., Ill., Ind., Kans., La., Mo., N.Mex., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)
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.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"connate" is not a number. "distinct" is not a number.
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pale green +
darker green +
stellate-hairy +
dehiscing +
incurved +
rounded;broadly acute +
pinnate +
rounded +
lanceolate;suborbiculate +
absent +
absent +
brown +
fascicles +
1;3 +
unisexual +
septicidal +
subtending +
absent +
stellate +
brown-dotted +
absent +
bisexual +
absent +
absent +
suborbiculate +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
clustered +
orange +
older +
villous +
extrastaminal +
absent +
annular +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
recurved +
absent +
hypogynous +
list;count;distinct +
absent +
linear-oblong-lanceolate +
absent +
(1-)3-carpellate +
absent +
sharp +
Linnaea +
1852 +
shiny +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
5;6 +
equal +
longitudinal +
distinct +
inflexed +
7;9 +
branched +
stellate-tomentose +
1;32 +
absent +
rudimentary +
unbranched +
2-fid +
Croton lindheimerianus var. lindheimerianus +
Croton lindheimerianus +
variety +
annual +
monoecious +