Croton setiger (Turkey Mullein, Doveweed)

7/31/05 On our property in La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

8/10/17 Mission San Antonio de Padua, SE Monterey County, CA 

8/10/17 Mission San Antonio de Padua, SE Monterey County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Turkey Mullein, Doveweed

SPECIES: Croton setiger

FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/31/2005

LOCATION: On our property in La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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From Jepson e-Flora:

Habit: Annual < 2 dm, < 8 dm wide, mound-like; monoecious. 

Stem: spreading to ascending. 

Leaf: petiole 1--5 cm; blade 1--6 cm, ovate, tip rounded. 

Staminate Inflorescence: cyme, terminal. 

Pistillate Inflorescence: cyme, axillary, proximal to staminate inflorescence; flowers 1--3. 

Staminate Flower: pedicel 2--3 mm; receptacle finely bristly; sepals 5--6; petals 0; stamens 6--10. 

Pistillate Flower: pedicel +- 0; sepals 0; glands below ovary 4--5; ovary 1-chambered, style 1, simple. 

Fruit: +- 4 mm diam. 

Seed: 1, 3--4 mm, smooth or +- ridged; scar not appendages. 

Ecology: Dry, open, often disturbed areas; 

Elevation: < 1000 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, w D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Washington. 

Toxicity: Herbage TOXIC to livestock, especially in hay. 

Flowering Time: May--Oct 

Synonyms: Eremocarpus setiger (Hook.) Benth.; Croton setigerus, orth. var.

eFlora Treatment Author: Mark H. Mayfield & Grady L. Webster