Croton capitatus
Euphorbiaceae
alternate
petiolate
entire
simple
oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, ovate
forb
brown, green, white, yellow
5
July - October
0.2 - 1.5
No
Unarmed
native
annual
Warm season
2
3
The following information is for the genus Croton with note that C. glandulosus, C. monanthogynus, C. capitatus and C. texensis are among the most important: Animals that eat its seeds: Ground dove, Mourning dove, Eastern white-winged dove, Attwater's's prairie chicken, Bobwhite quail, Chestnut-bellied scaled quail, Wild turkey, Redwing blackbird, Cardinal, Cowbird, American pipit, Sprague pipit, Pyrrhuloxia, Pine-woods sparrow, Prairie pocket mouse. Animals that eat the plant: White-tailed deer (Martin et al. 1951). Is toxic to livestock.
Sandy fields, dry or calcareous prairies and open woodlands, fields, pastures, roadsides.