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Croton setiger
Also called Dove Weed
Turkey mullein is a squat, low annual native to the western United States and northwest Mexico, grown mainly as an ornamental for its rounded form. Its foliage is toxic to animals and was historically crushed to stupefy fish.
Croton setiger is a species of plant known in English as turkey mullein, dove weed, and fish locoweed. (Not to be confused with Murdannia nudiflora, which is often called doveweed.) It is native to most of the western United States and northwest Mexico. It has naturalized elsewhere, including parts of Australia and Central Chile. It is sometimes spelled Croton setigerus and was formerly known as Eremocarpus setigerus.
This is a squat plant with furry, feltlike, hexagon shaped leaves, pale pink green in color. The small green flowers are covered in soft bristles.
Croton setigerus is used as an ornamental plant; its low and rounded form fills a pot.
The foliage is toxic to animals, and the crushed plants, called shä'um by the Pomo people and kē-chil' wä-ē-mök' by the Yuki people, were used by both Native Americans and later immigrants as a fish toxin to stupefy fish and make them easy to catch. When crushed, the leaves have a sweet odor that some find unpleasant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Croton setiger by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
