Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Acalypha virginica
Acalypha virginica L.
Virginia Threeseed Mercury
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: ACVIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Acalypha virginica
Virginia Copper Leaf
Euphorbiaceae
Location: Rear garden, 85 Campden Circle--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Adventitious in moist, alkaline soil. Few/scattered, may not persist.
Description: Erect annual, few branched above, to 75 cm tall, densely pubescent w/short recurved & long, soft, spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, crenate, slightly cordate, to 6x11 cm. Petioles abot 1/2 length of leaf. Infloresence: axillary, androgenous spike; pistillate bracts at base deeply incised, subtending 1-3 flowers, hirsute w/red & white short stalked glands.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sep 14, 1993
Specimen number: 511
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0774B
Accession Date: May 26, 1994
Accession Number: 58
Annotations: (In flower)