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Read more about Slender 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 gracilens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha gracilens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-002:
Acalypha gracilens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acalypha gracilens
COMMON NAME:
Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_acalypha_gracilens_1
July Catawba County NC
Petioles of principal leaves 0.4-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm160907_069
September Greenville County SC
Leaves 3-6× as long as wide, the largest < 2 cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm200920_7311
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves pubescent, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, apex obtuse, margin crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200920_7311b
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Bracts subtending pistillate flwrs 9-15(16) lobed, longest lobe < 2mm long, per Weakley's Flora.