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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton incanus
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=2(fol.): 58; 2(qto.): 73. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|common_names=Salvia;Torrey’s croton;vara blanca
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Croton suaveolens var. oblongifolius
|authority=Torrey
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. torreyanus
|authority=Müller Arg.
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton incanus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Croton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Croton incanus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 210, 218
|treatment_page=page 217
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 10–20 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> much branched distally, stellate-velutinous. <b>Leaves</b> sometimes clustered near inflorescences; stipules linear-subulate, 2–3 mm; petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, (1/4–)3/8–1/2 leaf blade length, glands absent at apex; blade oblong, ovate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 1.5–4(–6) × 1.5–3 cm, base rounded to obtuse, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface whitish, densely stellate-tomentose, adaxial surface darker green, stellate-tomentose. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, racemes, 2–5 cm, staminate flowers 10–25, pistillate flowers 2–4. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 1.7–3 mm, pistillate 1–2 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 1.5–2 mm, abaxial surface densely tomentose; petals 5, oblanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, abaxial surface villous; stamens 10–16. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 1.2–3.5 mm, margins entire, apex straight to slightly incurved, abaxial surface tomentose; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 1.8–3.5 mm, 2-fid to base, terminal segments 6. <b>Capsules</b> 6–8 × 4–5 mm, smooth; columella apex with 3 rounded, inflated lobes. <b>Seeds</b> 4.5–7 × 3–4 mm, dull. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Calcareous loams, xeric rocky limestone slopes and canyons.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Croton incanus</i> is known in the flora area from the trans-Pecos region to south Texas.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton incanus
|author=
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Croton suaveolens var. oblongifolius;C. torreyanus
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Calcareous loams, xeric rocky limestone slopes and canyons.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1817
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_145.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton incanus
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