Croton capitatusMichx.

woolly croton

WFO wfo-0000927567 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Croton capitatus, photographed by Clay
fig. a Clay, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-11 / obs. 156766166
Croton capitatus, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. b Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151660753
Croton capitatus, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. c Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155513071
Croton capitatus, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. d Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154277333
Croton capitatus, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. e Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151662692
Croton capitatus, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. f Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93072955
Croton capitatus, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. g Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25877005
Croton capitatus, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. h Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10667895

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Flowering n = 51 observations

Peak flowering in Aug, from 51 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Croton capitatus var. capitatus
  • Croton capitatus var. genuinus Müll.Arg.
  • Croton subtomentosis Shecut
  • Heptallon capitatum (Michx.) Raf.
  • Heptallon fruticosum Raf.
  • Heptallon graveolens Raf.
  • Heptallon lanceolatum Raf.
  • Oxydectes capitata (Michx.) Kuntze
  • Pilinophytum capitatum (Michx.) Klotzsch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

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