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Euphorbiaceae

Parks' croton

Croton parksii Croizat

Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Croton

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Parks' croton: Croton parksii, Brooks County, TX, USA, 2024-05-08 (iNaturalist).
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Parks' croton

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification 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.