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Acalypha rhomboidea Rafinesque. Common name: Rhombic Copperleaf. Phenology: Late Jun-Nov. Habitat: Woodlands, disturbed ground. Distribution: NS and ME west to ND, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl2, FNA12, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Levin (1999b); = Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. var. rhomboidea — F; = Acalypha virginica L. var. rhomboidea (Raf.) Cooperr. — Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000). Basionym: Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. 1836

Links to other floras: = Acalypha rhomboidea - FNA12

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual found in alluvial clearings and fields, roadsides and other weedy, disturbed habitats as well as floodplain forests, swamp hummocks and seasonally exposed bars and shores.

Stems: Stems usually simple, with lines of fine white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, oval to diamond- or lance-shaped, to 3 1/2 in. long, with bluntly toothed margins and conspicuous pinnate venation; leaves tend to congregate together near top of stem.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in axillary spikes with female flowers below and male above, though most are hidden by a surrounding green bract that is shallowly cut into 5-11 oblong to lance-shaped lobes bearing glandular hairs; flowers lack petals and sepals.

Fruits: Fruit a small, hairy, 3-lobed capsule.

Comments:

Height: 6-24 in.

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description: Erect annual found in alluvial clearings and fields, roadsides and other weedy, disturbed habitats as well as floodplain forests, swamp hummocks and seasonally exposed bars and shores.

stems: Stems usually simple, with lines of fine white hairs.

leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, oval to diamond- or lance-shaped, to 3 1/2 in. long, with bluntly toothed margins and conspicuous pinnate venation; leaves tend to congregate together near top of stem.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in axillary spikes with female flowers below and male above, though most are hidden by a surrounding green bract that is shallowly cut into 5-11 oblong to lance-shaped lobes bearing glandular hairs; flowers lack petals and sepals.

fruits: Fruit a small, hairy, 3-lobed capsule.

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native range: central & eastern North America



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