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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Acalypha ostryifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha ostryifolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 107-04-004:
Acalypha ostryaefolia
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acalypha ostryaefolia
COMMON NAME:
Rough-pod Copperleaf, Hophornbeam Copperleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acos_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140730_221
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140730_221b
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Lvs crenate-serrate, w 2 prominent lateral veins from base, parallel to midrib, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140730_223
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pistillate flowers chiefly in terminal spikes, staminate in axillary clusters, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140730_226
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130823_504
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130823_505
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves cordate at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140804_311
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Plant to 1.5m tall, stems branched, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140804_340
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140804_341
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pistillate spikes 3-11cm long, bracts deeply cleft into 9-17 linear teeth, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.