NameThatPlant.net: Acalypha setosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-005:

Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Cuban Copperleaf

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-04-005:
Acalypha setosa FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

4250

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: West Indies, Mexico, Central America, northern South America

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1-7cm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
3-5 sepals in pistillate flowers, 4 sepals in staminate flowers
Petals absent
4-8(-16?) stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

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