Croton phebalioides, is a shrub endemic to northern Australia, from Central New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula. The plant grows as a shrub, 3-4 metres in height, with narrow, strongly discolourous leaves approximately 5 cm in length. The upper leaf is a light to glaucous green, the lower leaf appears silver-white or brown due to a dense covering of scales. The natural habitat of Croton phebalioides is monsoon forest, rainforest and vine thickets, usually in hills of mountains.