Index / Search / Croton capitatus
§1 Plant
Croton capitatus Michx.
vernacular hogwort — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Croton
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 691 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 691 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Shelby 01117
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
Arkansas view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Logan 21141
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Stone 28131
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 100 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Atoka 40005
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Creek 40037
- Delaware 40041
- Grant 40053
- Harmon 40057
- Haskell 40061
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Logan 40083
- Mayes 40097
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Roger Mills 40129
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Lake 47095
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 102 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Atascosa 48013
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brooks 48047
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Clay 48077
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Dimmit 48127
- Ellis 48139
- Falls 48145
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Frio 48163
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hill 48217
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Lavaca 48285
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Navarro 48349
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Uvalde 48463
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRCA6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3058740 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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