Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae

Croton is an extensive plant, native to Southeast Asia. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton. The genus name comes from Greek Kroton, which means ticks, because of the seeds' resemblance to ticks. The best known member of this genus is probably Croton tiglium, commonly called croton, a tree or shrub.

Croton oil, used in herbal medicine as a violent purgative, is extracted from its seeds. Nowadays, it is considered unsafe and it is no longer listed in the pharmacopeias of many countries. That is reducing indoor air pollution among other things. During the winter you pretty much are restricted to indoor plants.