Croton lindheimerianus var. lindheimerianus

Synonyms: Croton eutrigynus A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 219.
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Plants densely velvety appressed-tomentose. Leaf-blades suborbiculate, length mostly less than 2 times width, apex rounded to broadly acute. Pedicels, at least some, recurved in fruit.


Phenology: Flowering May–Nov.
Habitat: Floodplains, old pastures, loamy soils, roadsides.
Elevation: 50–600 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Ark., Ill., Ind., Kans., La., Mo., N.Mex., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Variety lindheimerianus is somewhat weedy and is adventive to central North Carolina, where it has persisted at the same site for over 50 years; it presumably is introduced also in South Carolina.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"connate" is not a number. "distinct" is not a number.

stellate-hairy +  and glabrous +
rounded;broadly acute +
Benjamin W. van Ee +  and Paul E. Berry +
Scheele +
rounded +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lanceolate;suborbiculate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, La. +, Mo. +, N.Mex. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
50–600 m. +
pistillate +  and staminate +
subtending +
Floodplains, old pastures, loamy soils, roadsides. +
brown-dotted +
scale-like +  and stellate +
axillary +  and terminal +
palmate +  and pinnate +
colorless +  and reddish +
suborbiculate +
deciduous +, semideciduous +  and persistent +
palmate +  and pinnate +
denticulate +  and crenate +
extrastaminal +
pistillate +  and staminate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
pale green +  and white +
list;count;distinct +
linear-oblong-lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Nov. +
(1-)3-carpellate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
lenticular +, globose +, ovoid +, oblong +  and ellipsoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
valvate +  and imbricate +
distinct +  and connate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
stellate-tomentose +
caducous +, deciduous +  and persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
Croton eutrigynus +
Croton lindheimerianus var. lindheimerianus +
Croton lindheimerianus +
variety +
appressed-tomentose +  and velvety +
14 +, 10 +, 9 +  and 8 +