Croton alamosanus Rose

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Sonora

• Locality

  Sierra Libre, ca. 1 km east of the junction with Mex. Hwy. 15 along the road leading to Microondas Las Avisbas

• Elevation

  Alt. 250 m. (820 ft.)

• Coordinates

  28.4806, -111.029

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN (RSA)
PLANTS OF SONORA, MEXICO
EUPHORBIACE AE
Croton alamosanus Rose
Sierra Libre, ca. 1 km east of the junction with Méx.
Hwy. 15 along the road leading to Microondas Las
Avisbas, 28°28'50"N, 111°01'43"W, 250 m. Shrub
to 2 m high, staminate petals white; common on
north-facing hillside in desertscrub with Abutilón
incanum, Acacia willardiana, Ambrosia
ambrosioides, Bebbia júncea, Bemardia cinerea,
Bur ser a microphylla, Caesalpinia pumila, Cordia
sonorae, Croton sonorae, Encelia farinosa,
Jatropha cuneata, Marsdenia edulis, Passiflora,
Perityle palmeri, Porophyllum pausodynum.
V.W. Steinmann 578 & J. García, C. Lindquist, J.
Warfield, D.A. Yetman
11 March 1995
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