Croton capitatus known as the hogwort or woolly croton is an annual plant with erect branched stems densely covered with light brown wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry open areas especially sandy and rocky soils. It is distributed across the southern United States and elsewhere.Hogwort contains croton oil a powerful laxative. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
Plant