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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton dioicus
|accepted_authority=Cavanilles
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Icon.
|place=1: 4, plate 6. 1791
|year=1791
}}
|common_names=Grassland croton;hierba del gato;rosval;rubaldo
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Croton elaeagnifolius
|authority=Vahl
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. gracilis
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. neomexicanus
|authority=Müller Arg.
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. vulpinus
|authority=Sessé & Mociño
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton dioicus
|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 dioicus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 208, 224
|treatment_page=page 214
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> 2–5(–9) dm, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> well-branched from base, stellate-lepidote. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules rudimentary or absent; petiole 0.2–0.8(–2) cm, usually less than 1/2 blade length, glands absent at apex; blade narrowly elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, 1–6.5 × 0.6–2.2 cm, usually less than 1/2 as wide as long, base rounded, margins entire, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface pale green, densely silvery lepidote or stellate-lepidote, adaxial surface darker green, less densely lepidote. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, racemes; staminate 2–8 cm, flowers 4–16; pistillate 0.5–1 cm, flowers 2–5. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 1–4 mm, pistillate 2–5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 1 mm, abaxial surface lepidote; petals 0; stamens 10–12. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 1.5–2 mm, margins entire, apex straight to slightly incurved, abaxial surface stellate-lepidote; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 0.5–1.5 mm, 2–3 times 2-fid, terminal segments 12–24. <b>Capsules</b> 5–6 mm diam., smooth; columella 3-winged. <b>Seeds</b> 3.5–5 × 3–4 mm, shiny or dull. <b>2n</b> = 28, 56.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Limestone and igneous mountains, canyons, mesas, flats, disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–2000 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Croton dioicus
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Croton elaeagnifolius;C. gracilis;C. neomexicanus;C. vulpinus
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Limestone and igneous mountains, canyons, mesas, flats, disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–2000 m.
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Icon.
|publication year=1791
|special status=
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|genus=Croton
|species=Croton dioicus
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