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Croton monanthogynus (prairie tea)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Croton monanthogynus, commonly called prairie tea, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family. It is a summer annual that producer small, inconspicuous flowers. It is native to the southeastern United States and the southern Great Plains. It occurs in sunny, dry habitats, of both disturbed and high-quality areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Croton monanthogynus

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park V 8248 Georgia, Tennessee, United States
Fort Donelson National Battlefield III 560 Tennessee, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Shiloh National Military Park III 4061 Tennessee, United States
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States

Predators

Anaea andria (Goatweed leafwing butterfly)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0