Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Threeseed Mercury at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-001:
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acalypha virginica
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Threeseed Mercury, Virginia Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acvi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_acvi_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_acalypha_virginica_1
August Catawba County NC
Leaves 1.5-2.8× as long as wide, the largest > 2 cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_acalypha_virginica_2
August Catawba County NC
Pistillate bracts hirsute below (± stipitate-glandular), lobes 1/4-1/2 length, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-001:
Acalypha virginica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acalypha virginica
10
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of NC-SC)
Look for it in woodlands and disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 3-7cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
3-5 sepals in pistillate flowers, 4 sepals in staminate flowers
Petals absent
4-8(-16?) stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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