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Acalypha rhomboidea (Common Three-seeded Mercury)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 28193



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Acalypha
Species: Acalypha rhomboidea
 
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  • Annual
  • Herb
  • Native
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  • 1 1/2 to 2 feet (45 to 60 cm)
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  • July
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  • Wildflower Garden
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  • Well-drained
  • Moist
  • Loamy / Medium
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  • Cream
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  • Bird - food (fruit/berries/insects/seeds)
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bubbleoffplumb (635) wrote on Apr 25 2009
Identification note: A similar plant, Acalypha virginica, has 9-15 lobes in the bract that surrounds the flower at the base of the leafstalk. Acalypha rhomboidea has less than 9.



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