Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell
Pineland Threeseed Mercury, Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: ACOSUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Acalypha ostryifolia
Hop-Hornbeam, Copperleaf
Euphorbiaceae
Location: 30 m S of N end of Holbrook Rd, E side of Road, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Afternoon sun. Some extra moisture from road run-off. Many, scattered.
Description: Erect, branched annual, to 70 cm tall. Leaves thin, .25-.33 longer than wide, to 8 cm long; ovate, base barely cordate, 3-5 nerved, dentate. Pistillate spikes terminal, staminate spikes axillary.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 20, 1994
Specimen number: 604
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0890
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: MCXRB (In flower)