Croton glandulosus var. arenicola
Harvard Pap. Bot. 14: 49. 2009.
Endemic
Basionym: Croton arenicola Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 428. 1905
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Plants 1–2 dm. Stems densely stellate-hairy, hairs appressed, radii equal. Leaves: petiole apical glands sessile, circular when dry, 0.2 mm diam.; blade 0.7–3.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, length mostly 2 times width or less, firm-thick, marginal teeth rounded, both surfaces densely stellate-hairy; base obscurely 3-veined.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Beaches, old fields, disturbed sites, sandy waste places.
Elevation: 0–50 m.
Discussion
Variety arenicola is restricted to Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. A. M. Ferguson (1901) treated a collection of this variety as Croton betulinus Vahl, but that is a distinct, perennial species from the West Indies.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
straight +
incurved +
obtuse;rounded +
sessile +
circular +
3-veined +
pinnate +
oblong-lanceolate;ovate +
absent +
absent +
3-angled +
fascicles +
Fla. +
1;4 +
unisexual +
septicidal +
yellow +
subtending +
absent +
cuplike +
appressed +
equal +
absent +
bisexual +
absent +
absent +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
not clustered +
orange +
older +
rounded +
extrastaminal +
absent +
annular +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
list;count;distinct +
absent +
rudimentary +
oblanceolate +
absent +
(1-)3-carpellate +
absent +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
2009 +
shiny +
absent +
5;5 +
subequal +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
distinct +
inflexed +
7;13 +
branched +
stellate-hairy +
1;32 +
absent +
linear-subulate +
unbranched +
2-fid +
green +
stellate-hairy +
Croton glandulosus var. arenicola +
Croton glandulosus +
variety +
annual +
monoecious +