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turkey mullein

Croton setiger

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) mmoir, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

California	14,376
United States	11,073
Nevada	599
Mexico	272
Baja California	272
Oregon	217
Washington	83
South Africa	28
Western Cape	28
Idaho	24

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Nances, Willows, and Allies · Malpighiales
Family	Spurge Family · Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Crotons · Croton

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise turkey mullein with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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