Is it poisonous?
We have no record of South Texas Woolly Croton being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Croton lindheimeri
- Croton capitatus
- Croton leucophyllus
- Croton pottsii
- Croton texensis
- Croton lindheimerianus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Croton
- Species
- Croton heptalon
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