Tropic Croton

(Croton glandulosus L. var. septentrionalis Muell.-Arg.)

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)

▲ seedlings

▲ young plant, initiating flowering

▲ ▼ mature plant, and flowers

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ ▼ closer photos of leaves and flowers

Tropic Croton:  (not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor in Weeds of the Northeast)

·        warm-season annual plant, with upright, spreading-branches growth habit

·        grows 6-24” tall and about equally wide

·        leaves dark green, with slightly scalloped or toothed margins

·        less hair on leaves than woolly croton, one-seeded croton or texas croton

·        stems are tan to green and slightly hairy