




croton glandulosus
The Tropic Croton has bright, colorful leaves that look like they were painted! This plant loves warm, sunny places and can grow quite tall.
Hábitat: Tropical regions, often in gardens or alongside roads.
The Tropic Croton is a slender annual herb with rough, often reddish stems. Its leaves are typically green, sometimes tinged with red, and covered in star-shaped hairs, giving them a somewhat fuzzy appearance. Tiny, inconspicuous flowers cluster at the stem tips.





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In some regions, this plant is seen as a sign of soil disturbance.
Its name comes from the Greek word for 'tick,' because its seeds look like tiny ticks!
This croton can grow from seed to flower in just a few weeks!
Tiny ants are sometimes attracted to special nectar glands on its leaves.
Tropic Croton has seed capsules that burst open when dry, flinging its seeds far from the parent plant to spread wide.
Tropic Croton has glandular hairs on its leaves and stems that can make them sticky, helping to deter small pests.
Tropic Croton can quickly colonize disturbed soils, growing fast to fill empty spaces before other plants arrive.
Apis mellifera
visits small flowers for nectar
Heliothis virescens
larvae feed on the leaves
Lasius niger
disperses seeds that have elaiosomes
Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.
Los animales arborícolas viven principalmente en los árboles, utilizándolos como refugio, alimento y protección contra los depredadores.
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Los hábitats boscosos son entornos terrestres dominados por una densa cubierta arbórea, que sustentan una gran diversidad de vida animal y vegetal.
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The sap can be irritating to the skin, so wash hands after touching.
10-70 cm
15-40 cm
0.2-0.5 cm
Spring-fall
No
Leve
Anual
Insectos
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