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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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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).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_acalypha_virginica_2
August Catawba County NC
Pistillate bracts hirsute below, and maybe stipitate-glandular; stems hirsute, per Weakley's Flora.