View source for Croton californicus

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|accepted_name=Croton californicus
|accepted_authority=Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=15(2): 691. 1866
|year=1866
}}
|common_names=California croton
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hendecandra procumbens
|authority=Eschscholtz
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. californicus var. longipes
|authority=(M. E. Jones) A. M. Ferguson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. californicus var. mohavensis
|authority=A. M. Ferguson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. californicus var. tenuis
|authority=(S. Watson) A. M. Ferguson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. longipes
|authority=M. E. Jones
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. mohavensis
|authority=(A. M. Ferguson) Tidestrom
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. tenuis
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton californicus
|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 californicus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 208, 209, 224
|treatment_page=page 211
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, 4–11 dm, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> loosely branched, stellate-lepidote. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules absent; petiole 1–3.5(–4.5) cm, usually less than 1/2 blade length, glands absent at apex; blade elliptic to narrowly oblong, 2–5.5(–7) × 0.8–2(–2.5) cm, usually more than 2 times as long as wide, base obtuse, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface light green, adaxial surface darker green, both stellate-lepidote. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, racemes or thyrses; staminate 0.5–3.5(–10) cm, flowers 3–8(–20); pistillate 0.5–1 cm, flowers 1–6. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 1–5.5(–7) mm, pistillate to 1 mm (1–3 mm in fruit). <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 1 mm, abaxial surface stellate-lepidote; petals 0; stamens 10–15. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 2 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface stellate-lepidote; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 2–2.5 mm, 4-fid, terminal segments usually 12. <b>Capsules</b> 6–8 × 5–7 mm, smooth; columella 3-winged. <b>Seeds</b> 4–5.5 × 3.5–5.5 mm, dull. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy soils, sage scrub, dunes, washes.
|elevation=0–900 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sinaloa).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton californicus
|author=
|authority=Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=C. californicus var. longipes;C. californicus var. mohavensis;C. californicus var. tenuis;C. longipes;C. mohavensis;C. tenuis
|basionyms=Hendecandra procumbens
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Oct.
|habitat=Sandy soils, sage scrub, dunes, washes.
|elevation=0–900 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sinaloa).
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1866
|special status=
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|genus=Croton
|species=Croton californicus
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