Acalypha monococca (engelm. ex A.gray) Lill.w.mill. & Gandhi

Slender threeseed mercury (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Acalypha

Characteristics

Herbs, annual, 1–4 dm, monoecious. Stems erect, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.2–1(–1.2) cm; blade linear-lanceolate to linear, 1.7–6(–7) × 0.3–1.2 cm, base cuneate, margins usually subentire, sometimes shallowly serrate, apex acute. Inflorescences bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.6 cm, pistillate portion 0.6–1.2 × 0.8–1.5 cm or pistillate bract solitary, staminate portion 0.1–2.5 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. Pistillate bracts loosely arranged to crowded (inflorescence axis clearly to scarcely visible between bracts) or solitary, 8–13 × 11–16 mm, abaxial surface sparsely to densely pubescent, red sessile-glandular, and rarely stipitate-glandular; lobes (7–)9–13(–17), deltate, 1/10–1/4 bract length. Pistillate flowers: pistil 1-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. Capsules smooth, pubescent. Seeds 1.6–2.4 mm, shallowly pitted.
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Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

Acalypha monococca world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271501-2
WFO ID wfo-0000973185
COL ID 8S7C
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Synonyms

Acalypha monococca Acalypha gracilens var. monococca Acalypha gracilens subsp. monococca