Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus L. var. septentrionalis Muell.-Arg.
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
▲ seedlings
▲ young plant, initiating flowering
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▲ ▼ mature plants
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Tropic Croton:
· 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