Common names: three-seeded mercury, slender copperleaf

Scientific names: Acalypha gracilens

Seasons of significant use: summer, fall, winter (for Acalypha spp. complex)

Characteristics: Native, annual, warm season, forb to 2.0 feet. Leaves alternate, simple, narrowly ovate, broadly lanceolate, or linear with slightly crenate to entire margins; plants monoceious; spikes axillary with both male and female flowers but sometimes only male; female flowers subtended by a foliaceous bract; fruit is a 3-seeded capsule. Flowers July-October.

Plant community type: Typically in open uplands but also occurs in open bottomland areas.

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Appendix C: Plants by Common Name
Appendix C: Plants by Scientific Name
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