Croton capitatus

TaxID: 323035

Basic Information

Croton capitatus

Hogwort, capitate croton, hogwort

Croton capitatus, known as the hogwort, woolly croton, or goatweed, is an annual plant with erect, branched stems, densely covered with light brown, wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry, open areas, especially sandy and rocky soils. It is distributed across the eastern United States. Hogwort is a host plant for the goatweed leafwing butterfly (Anaea andria).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Malpighiales

Euphorbiaceae

Croton

capitatus

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Alison Northup@BY
Croton capitatus
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(c) Bill Dodd@BY-NC
Croton capitatus
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(c) Amber M. King@BY
Croton capitatus
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(c) Dawn Carrie@BY-NC
Croton capitatus
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(c) tnewman@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Georgia Absent 2018
Iran Absent 2018
Uzbekistan A1 list 2008

Distribution (5 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (11 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAI3243-14 - ITS2 235 United States - -
ITSAI3242-14 - ITS2 235 United States - -
ITSAI3241-14 - ITS2 235 United States - -
ITSAI3240-14 - ITS2 235 United States - -
ITSAI3239-14 - ITS2 235 United States - -
ITSAH1514-14 - ITS2 200 United States - -
ITSAH1513-14 - ITS2 200 United States - -
ITSAE1980-14 - ITS2 205 United States - -
HIMS262-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1979-08-19 43.5485, -80.2503
FSEUS219-12 - rbcLa 555 United States 2010-07-26 32.253, -89.262
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