Croton michauxii var. michauxii
Common names: Michaux’s croton narrow-leaf rushfoil
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Crotonopsis abnormis Baillon C. spinosa Nash
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 220.
Leaf-blades lanceolate-linear, 1.8–3.5 × 0.1–0.3 cm, abaxial surface (midstem leaves) hairs with radii separate 1/2+ length, adaxial surface hairs appressed, not overlapping, radii usually 5–8. Inflorescences 1–3 cm, achenes usually 3–6, ± laxly spaced (not appearing sessile in axil of subtending leaf). Staminate flowers usually greater than 1 mm diam. Achenes densely stellate-lepidote, hairs ± spreading, radii separate most of length, umbos usually sharp, sometimes rounded.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Deep sandy soils, forest openings, disturbed soils, coasts, riverine beaches.
Elevation: 0–100 m.
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, La., Miss., Mo., S.C., Tenn., Tex.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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silvery +
spaced +
stellate-lepidote +
1mm;1.2mm +
stellate-hairy +
dehiscing +
straight +
acute +
pinnate +
lanceolate-linear;ovatelanceolate +
absent +
absent +
absent +
fascicles +
staminate +
1;6 +
unisexual +
septicidal +
subtending +
absent +
separate +
spreading +
absent +
Present +
bisexual +
absent +
absent +
lanceolate-linear +
0.1cm;0.3cm +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
not clustered +
orange +
older +
villous +
extrastaminal +
absent +
annular +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
list;count;distinct +
absent +
spatulate +
absent +
(1-)3-carpellate +
absent +
Novon +
1992 +
few +
adherent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
equal +
longitudinal +
distinct +
inflexed +
5;7 +
branched +
silvery +
stellate-lepidote +
single +
1;32 +
absent +
rudimentary +
unbranched +
2-fid +
not overlapping +
appressed +
not visible +
Croton michauxii var. michauxii +
Croton michauxii +
variety +
annual +
monoecious +