Vente conmigo is a weedy summer annual herb, typically 4 to 24 inches tall, found in dry or sandy ground, fields and roadsides. It is a weed rather than a garden ornamental, so care is mostly about control.
Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs little supplemental water; it thrives in dry, sandy conditions.
Soil
Dry or sandy soil.
Temperature
Warm subtropical conditions; frost kills the annual plant.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A. to Trop. America
Climate
subtropical
About
Croton glandulosus is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that has many common names such as vente conmigo, tooth-leaved croton, tropic croton and sand croton. The species's specific epithet, glandulosus, is due to the gland-like structures that appear at the end of the leaf stalk. C. glandulosus and various other species are found to be common weeds in gardens, crops, and lawns. This species in particular is highly problematic in crops such as cotton and peanuts in the Southeastern United States.
Where it grows
Tropic croton can be typically found in dry or sandy soil, fields, pastures, river terraces, cultivated fields, waste grounds, and along roadsides and railroads.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.