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Read more about Virginia Threeseed Mercury at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
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)
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
Petioles of principal leaves 0.8-4cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_acalypha_virginica_2
August Catawba County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160907_067
September Greenville County SC
Leaves pubescent, elliptic to lanceolate, apex obtuse, margin crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160907_069
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160907_072
September Greenville County SC
Stems with some (maybe very few) straight spreading trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160907_075
September Greenville County SC
The longest lobe of bracts subtending pistillate flowers is usually > 3mm, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160913_034
September Greenville County SC
Axillary spikes with pistillate flowers near the base, staminate toward apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160913_044
September Greenville County SC
Bracts subtending pistillate flwrs usually w non-stipitate pointed hairs, per Weakley's Flora.