OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Acalypha rhomboidea

SYNONYMOUS WITH World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)

Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-003:

Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Acalypha rhomboidea

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf


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JK Marlow    jkm140711_740

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm140711_741

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Flowers in axillary inflorescences; in each, staminate above, pistillate below, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm140711_748

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves crenate, with 2 prominent lateral veins from base, parallel to midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm120825_941

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Leaves rhombic-ovate to rhombic-lanceolate, apex obtuse, margin crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm120825_988

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm120827_034

August    Greenville County    SC

Pistillate bract lobes lanceolate to triangular, 1/3-2/3 bract length, per Flora of North America.

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm120827_047

August    Greenville County    SC

Petioles of principal leaves 1-8cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acalypha rhomboidea, Common Threeseed Mercury, Rhombic Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm120827_051

August    Greenville County    SC

Petioles of the larger leaves regularly more than half as long as blades, per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Acalypha rhomboidea

SYNONYMOUS WITH World checklist of Euphorbiaceae (Govaerts, Frodin & Radcliffe-Smith, 2000)
Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-003:
Acalypha rhomboidea   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acalypha rhomboidea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3563

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: woodlands, disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 0.4-7cm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
3-5 sepals in pistillate flowers, 4 sepals in staminate flowers
Petals absent
4-8(-16?) stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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