Common Name:Virginia copper-leaf, three-seeded mercury, mercuryweed
Scientific Name: Acalypha virginica
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - annual, reproducing by seed

stems - upright, frequently branched, hairy growth habit

leaves - narrowly or broadly lanceolate, toothed margins, opposite below, alternate above; young and frosted leaves often copper tinted leaves 1, leaves 2, seedlings

flowers - green, male and female separate but together, clustered male stalked above female; axillary, deeply notched leave-like bract subtending flower clusters 1, flower clusters 2

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