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Croton setiger

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75: 1066: 52: 33: 337:) people of northeastern Central California use the plant extensively for medicinal purposes in addition to its use as a fish toxin. He also noted that the seeds are such a potent attractant for doves that Native Americans would take advantage of concentrations of "dove weed" to lure and catch doves in large numbers. 1141: 908: 675: 1107: 271:, which is often called doveweed.) It is native to most of the western United States and northwest Mexico. It has naturalized elsewhere, including parts of 856: 623: 288:
This is a squat plant with furry, feltlike, hexagon shaped leaves, pale pink green in color. The small green flowers are covered in soft bristles.
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Despite the plant's toxicity to some species, the seeds are eaten by birds. Several of the common names of the plant come from the affinity of
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to stupefy fish and make them easy to catch. When crushed, the leaves have a sweet odor that some find unpleasant.
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The use as a fish toxin was known to early Spanish settlers of the American Southwest, who sometimes called it
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The foliage is toxic to animals, and the crushed plants, called
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Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California
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Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Croton
Binomial name
Hook.
Synonyms
Murdannia
nudiflora
Australia
ornamental plant
Pomo
Yuki people
Native Americans
fish toxin
Maidu
doves
wild turkeys
"Eremocarpus setigerus Fishpoison"
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