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Croton pottsii
Croton pottsii
Leatherweed
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0617 1517 (2017-06-19)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 18, 2015
  • latitude 29.26618   longitude 103.52811     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Old Maverick Road, 2.8 miles south of TX 118 to Panther Junction, 0.9 mile north of Rattlesnake Mountain road, Big Bend National Park (Brewster County, Texas, US)
  • family Euphorbiaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 2805' (855m)
  • notes   erect suffrutescent plants in mixed volcanic lag gravels over a flat to gently sloping, erosional plain. Monoecious, flowers crowded terminally, leaves with stellate hairs, grayish green above, silvery tomentulose below. Note dehiscent fruiting capsules.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 953
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Leatherweed (photographer)
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