Euphorbiaceae
Prairie tea
Croton monanthogynus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Croton
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Prairie tea
Synonyms
- Argythamnia herbacea Spreng.
- Croton ellipticus Nutt.
- Croton maritimus var. monanthogynus (Michx.) Pursh
- Croton tomentosus Shecut
- Engelmannia nuttalliana Klotzsch
- Gynamblosis monanthogyna (Michx.) Torr.
- Heptallon ellipticum Raf.
- Leptemon ellipticum (Willd.) Raf.
- Oxydectes monanthogyna (Michx.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.