Acalypha deamii (Weath.) H.e.ahles In Jones & Fuller

Deam's threeseed mercury (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Acalypha

Characteristics

Herbs, annual, 3–7 dm, monoecious. Stems erect, glabrate. Leaves: petiole 2.5–7 cm; blade ovate to broadly rhombic, 4–12 × 2–7 cm, base obtuse, margins serrate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.6 cm, pistillate portion 0.8–1.5 × 1–2 cm or pistillate bract solitary, staminate portion 0.3–0.7 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers common, solitary in axils near base of stem. Pistillate bracts (normal flowers) loosely arranged to crowded (inflorescence axis clearly to scarcely visible between bracts) or solitary, 8–16 × 11–20 mm, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent and usually stipitate-glandular; lobes (5–)7–9, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 1/2–3/4 bract length; of allomorphic flowers absent. Pedicels of allomorphic flowers rudimentary. Pistillate flowers: pistil 2-carpellate (normal flowers), 1-carpellate (allomorphic flowers); styles multifid or laciniate. Capsules smooth, pubescent; allomorphic fruits obovoid, 2.5–3 × 1.8–2 mm, spiny, pubescent. Seeds 2.4–3.2 mm, shallowly pitted.
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Much like no. 2 [Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.], but the fr with 2 seeds 2–3 mm; petioles spreading, the blade abruptly drooping; 2n=40. Mesic sites at scattered localities from s. O. and s. Ind. to Tenn. and Ark. (A. rhomboidea var. d.)
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Acalypha deamii world distribution map, present in Åland Islands and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1213-2
WFO ID wfo-0000905276
COL ID 8RV7
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Synonyms

Acalypha deamii Acalypha rhomboidea var. deamii Acalypha virginica var. deamii