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Leaves are simple, alternate, evergreen, oblong, and with prominent, silvery scales above and below and on the petiole.  Twigs are silvery-brown and scaly.  Flowers are in yellow terminal clusters.   Fruit is a capsule.  Alabama  croton is a rare shrub in Alabama.

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