View source for Croton fruticulosus

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|accepted_name=Croton fruticulosus
|accepted_authority=Engelmann ex Torrey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 194. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Bush croton;encinilla;hierba loca
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton fruticulosus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Croton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Croton fruticulosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 209, 215
|treatment_page=page 214
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 2–10 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> much branched distally, stellate-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules rudimentary or absent; petiole 0.4–1(–1.5) cm, 1/8–1/5 blade length, glands absent at apex; blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2–8 × 2–4 cm, base truncate to cordate, margins serrulate, often slightly undulate, apex attenuate, acute, abaxial surface pale green, stellate-hairy, adaxial surface darker green, puberulent. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, racemes, 3–12 cm, staminate flowers 10–20, pistillate flowers 2–5. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 2.5–4 mm, pistillate 0–0.5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 0.8–1.2 mm, abaxial surface stellate-tomentose; petals 5, oblanceolate to spatulate, 2 mm, abaxial surface glabrous except margins densely fimbrillate-villous; stamens 9–16. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 2.2 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 3–4.5 mm, 2-fid to base, terminal segments 6. <b>Capsules</b> 5–6 mm diam., smooth; columella apex with 3 rounded, inflated lobes. <b>Seeds</b> 4–5 × 3.2–3.8 mm, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Dec.
|habitat=Limestone or basalt hills.
|elevation=100–1700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Croton fruticulosus</i> is known in the flora area from southeastern Arizona through southern New Mexico and trans-Pecos Texas to the Edwards Plateau.</p>
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name=Croton fruticulosus
|author=
|authority=Engelmann ex Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Dec.
|habitat=Limestone or basalt hills.
|elevation=100–1700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_611.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton fruticulosus
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