Index / Search / Croton fruticulosus
§1 Plant
Croton fruticulosus Engelm. ex Torr.
vernacular bush croton — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Croton
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 30 counties across 3 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 30 counties across 3 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Comal 48091
- Coryell 48099
- Culberson 48109
- Edwards 48137
- Gillespie 48171
- Hays 48209
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- San Saba 48411
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Williamson 48491
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRFR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3059730 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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