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| Scientific Name | Acalypha monostachya (Acalypha hederacea) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ACMO |
| Common Name | Round Copperleaf | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 182115 |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae (Spurge) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry, sandy, rocky or gravelly soils in open areas, including roadsides. Plant: Mound-forming perennial 6 to 16 inches tall with stems that are prostrate to ascending with pubescent and short, stiff hairs. Leaves: Hairy, roundish (orbiculate or reniform) blades 1/4 to 1 inch long and wide; rounded tips and with shallowly crenate or wavy edges. Inflorescence: Male and female flowers on separate plants, usually, and without petals; tiny staminate (male) flowers in dense terminal spikes 5/8 to 3-1/3 inches long, each with red sepals and white anthers; pistillate (female) flowers in leaf axils below the male spikes (and sometimes in short terminal spikes), each with hair-like red styles up to 1/2-inch long; pistillate flowers subtended by hairy, leaflike bracts about 1/3-inch long or less cut about 1/4 of their length into 8 to 12 broad, rounded lobes. Bloom Period: Spring to fall. References: Acalypha hederacea in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston; A. monostachya in "Little Big Bend" by Roy Morey and Flora of North America |
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Texas Status: Native |
