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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton michauxii
|accepted_authority=G. L. Webster
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novon
|place=2: 270. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Rushfoil
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Crotonopsis linearis
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 186, plate 46. 1803
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton michauxii
|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 michauxii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 206, 207
|treatment_page=page 220
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1–9 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> usually single from base, much branched from near middle, densely stellate-lepidote appearing silvery. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules rudimentary; petiole 0.1–0.5 cm, glands absent at apex; blade lanceolate-linear to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–4 × 0.1–0.4(–1.5) cm, base acute to cuneate, margins entire, apex acute, abaxial surface silvery, stellate-lepidote, adaxial surface green, sparsely stellate-hairy, hairs with few radii. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, spikes, 0.3–3 cm, staminate flowers 1–12, pistillate flowers 1–6. <b>Pedicels</b>: pistillate absent, staminate 0–1 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 1 mm, abaxial surface lepidote; petals 5, spatulate, 0.6–1 mm, abaxial surface glabrous except margins villous; stamens 5–7. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals (4–)5, equal, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex straight, abaxial surface lepidote; petals 0; ovary 1-locular; styles 3, 0.5–0.8 mm, minutely 2-fid, terminal segments 3 or 6. <b>Achenes</b> 2.5–3 × 1–1.2 mm, smooth; columella absent. <b>Seeds</b> 2–2.5 × 1 mm, surface not visible because seed coat adherent to fruit wall.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.J.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences 1–3 cm; achenes usually 3–6, densely stellate-lepidote, hairs ± spreading, radii separate most of length, umbos usually sharp, sometimes rounded; leaf blade adaxial surface hairs not overlapping.
|[[Croton michauxii var. michauxii|Croton michauxii var. michauxii]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences usually less than 1 cm; achenes 1–2, sparsely stellate-lepidote, hairs appressed, radii joined most or all of length, umbos usually blunt, rarely sharp; leaf blade adaxial surface hairs overlapping near midvein.
|[[Croton michauxii var. elliptica|Croton michauxii var. elliptica]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton michauxii
|authority=G. L. Webster
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Crotonopsis linearis
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.J.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Novon
|publication year=1992
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_325.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton michauxii
}}<!--

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