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Croton wigginsii is a species of croton known by the common name Wiggins' croton. This small gray-green shrub is native to the deserts of northern Mexico and into California and Arizona where it is an inhabitant of sand dunes. This spreading shrub approaches a meter in height. Its sparse foliage is made up of long oval-shaped leaves covered in a coating of white hairs. It is dioecious, with male plants bearing staminate flowers with thready stamens and female plants bearing pistillate flowers composed of the rounded immature fruits.
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