Hogwort
Croton capitatus Michx. - Spurge familySize
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Hogwort: 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.