Herbarium Specimen Details

Croton michauxii
Family Name Euphorbiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Croton michauxii G. L. Webster
Locality USA. Florida , Duval Co. : Sawmill Slough Preserve. 30° 16' 36" N 81° 30' 58" W
Description Uncommon annual herb to ca. 10 cm [?; specimen is 3 dm] tall; stem semi-woody, pubescent with reddish trichomes; leaves alternate, linear-elliptic, upper surface with short pubescence, the trichomes stellate, not overlapping; fruit indehiscent, one seeded.
Habitat Along a mesic flatwood edge, beneath saw palmetto [Serenoa repens]; other associates include Pinus elliottii, agalinis filifolia, Quercus geminata, and Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana.
Reproductive State Fertile
Elevation 39 to ft
Collector J. McGregor 5
Collection Date Sep 2011
Accession Number 261243
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