Hogwort

Croton capitatus Michx.

Spurge family

Plant Type

Forb/herb

Life Cycle

Annual

Flower Color

White

Bloom Time

Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Host Aetia bipunctella, Anaea andria, Pseudoplusia includens, Spodoptera frugiperda, Strymon melinus

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (I)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.