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Texas Croton

 

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.

QUALITY TRAITS

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