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|accepted_name=Croton texensis
|accepted_authority=(Klotzsch) Müller Arg.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=15(2): 692. 1866
|year=1866
}}
|common_names=Skunkweed;Texas croton
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hendecandra texensis
|authority=Klotzsch
|rank=species
|publication_title=Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin)
|publication_place=7: 252. 1841
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Croton luteovirens
|authority=Wooton & Standley
|rank=species
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|name=C. texensis var. utahensis
|authority=Cronquist
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. virens
|authority=Müller Arg.
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton texensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Croton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Croton texensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 208, 221
|treatment_page=page 224
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 2–7(–9) dm, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> loosely branched distally, stellate-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules absent; petiole 0.3–2 cm, glands absent at apex; blade narrowly ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 1–5 × 0.5–2 cm, base truncate to rounded or subcordate, margins entire, apex rounded to acute, abaxial surface pale green, densely whitish appressed stellate-hairy, adaxial surface darker green, less hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual; staminate racemes or irregularly branched panicles, 2–8 cm, flowers 10–30; pistillate racemes, 1–2 cm, flowers 1–6. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 2–3 mm, pistillate 1–3 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 1–2 mm, abaxial surface densely whitish appressed stellate-hairy; petals 0; stamens 8–12. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface densely stipitate-stellate-hairy; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 1–2 mm, multifid, terminal segments 12–32+. <b>Capsules</b> 5–8 × 4–5.5 mm, verrucose; columella 3-winged. <b>Seeds</b> 3.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Nov.
|habitat=Prairies, sandy creek beds, old fields, canyons, disturbed areas.
|elevation=50–2000 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Colo.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Md.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Croton texensis</i>, despite being annual, grows larger than the related perennial <i>C. dioicus</i>. <i>Croton texensis</i> has verrucose fruits similar to those of the closely related <i>C. parksii</i>.</p><!--
--><p>There is a single specimen of <i>Croton texensis</i> from Massachusetts, collected at a dump in Boston in 1890, but the species did not become established there.</p>
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name=Croton texensis
|authority=(Klotzsch) Müller Arg.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Croton luteovirens;C. texensis var. utahensis;C. virens
|basionyms=Hendecandra texensis
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Nov.
|habitat=Prairies, sandy creek beds, old fields, canyons, disturbed areas.
|elevation=50–2000 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Colo.;Del.;Fla.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Md.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1866
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_405.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton texensis
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