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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton elliottii
|accepted_authority=Chapman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. South. U.S.,
|place=407. 1860
|year=1860
}}
|common_names=Elliott’s or pondshore croton
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton elliottii
|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 elliottii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 208
|treatment_page=page 214
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 3–8 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> usually single from base, then well branched from first reproductive node, appressed stellate-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> sometimes clustered near inflorescences; stipules absent; petiole 0.5–2 cm, glands absent at apex; blade lanceolate to oblong, 2–5.5 × 0.2–0.8 cm, base rounded, margins entire, apex subacute, abaxial surface pale green, not appearing brown-dotted, no stellate hairs with brown centers, densely long stellate-hairy, adaxial surface darker green, less densely short stellate-hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, congested racemes, 0.8–1.5 cm, staminate flowers 5–15, pistillate flowers 3–6. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0.4–0.9 mm, pistillate 0–0.8 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 0.8–1 mm, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 5, linear-oblong to lanceolate, 0.8–1 mm, abaxial surface glabrous; stamens 7–10. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 6–7, equal, 5–6 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 2–3 mm, 2 times 2-fid, terminal segments 12. <b>Capsules</b> 4–5 mm diam., smooth; columella slightly 3-winged distally. <b>Seeds</b> 4–4.5 × 3–4 mm, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Depression ponds, depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, usually on exposed pond edges or bottoms.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Croton elliottii</i> is most closely related to <i>C. capitatus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton elliottii
|author=
|authority=Chapman
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Depression ponds, depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, usually on exposed pond edges or bottoms.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. South. U.S.,
|publication year=1860
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_395.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton elliottii
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