Wildflowers: Desert plant with fuzzy leaves

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  1. Linneus

    Linneus New Member

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    This plant grows everywhere around here. It is low growing and it has has tiny flowers. It seems to be very dry tolerant though I saw some species dried to a crisp.
    Any help with ID is highly appreciated.
     

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  2. David in L A

    David in L A Active Member 10 Years

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    Croton (formerly Eremocarpus) setigerus
     
  3. Andrey Zharkikh

    Andrey Zharkikh Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    ITIS funnels it to just Croton setiger Hook.
     
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    Tony Rodd Active Member

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    setigerus and setiger are mere orthographic variants of the epithet. As far as my limited knowledge of Latin goes, setiger is the correct form of the adjective when in agreement with a genus name of masculine gender.
     
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    Thank you all for your help.
     

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