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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha gracilens   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Acalypha gracilens

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

Acalypha virginica var. gracilens

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, 1938)

Acalypha gracilens

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf


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image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_acgr2_001_lvd

        

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4586

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_acalypha_gracilens_1

July    Catawba County    NC

Stems erect, pubescent. Leaf petioles 0.2-1.2(-1.8)cm, per Flora of North America.

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_acalypha_gracilens_2

August    Catawba County    NC

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm160907_069

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves 3-6× as long as wide, the largest < 2 cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm160907_072

September    Greenville County    SC

Inflorescences axillary, bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), per Flora of North America.

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7311b

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Lobes of the pistillate bracts deltate, 1/10–1/4 bract length, per Flora of North America.

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7313

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Acalypha gracilens, Slender Threeseed Mercury, Slender Copperleaf, Shortstalk Copperleaf

JK Marlow    jkm231019_6117

October    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha gracilens   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

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

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, 1938)
Acalypha gracilens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2965

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

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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 2-12(18)mm 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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