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Croton humilis
Also called Low Croton
Croton humilis, the pepperbush or low croton, is a species of shrub or subshrub native to the southernmost USA, to Mexico and the Caribbean. It belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae.
Sap of the leaves and flowers of pepperbush can burn the eyes' corneas causing blindness.
Pepperbush in the USA occurs only in the states of Texas and Florida. In Mexico it inhabits the eastern states from Tamaulipas in the north to Chiapas in the south, including the Yucatan Peninsula. In Central America it occurs in Nicaragua, and in the Caribbean it is scattered in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Also in Cuba.
Croton adenophorus · Texabama Croton · Alabama croton · Healing croton · Croton aromaticus · Croton barahonensis · California croton · Hogwort · Croton chilensis · Chittagong Croton · Mexican croton · Cortez's croton
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Croton humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
