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Acalypha gracilens - (image 1 of 2)

Taxonomy

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Habitat

Open woods, fields, meadows, in moist or dry, sandy soil.

Associates

Distribution

ME to WI, south to FL and TX.

Morphology

Annual; stem erect, simple or branched, 20-50 cm, pubescent with incurved hairs; petioles usually shorter than the bracts; blades nearly linear to oblong or narrowly elliptic, 2-5 cm, obscurely crenate to entire; pistillate bracts typically arcuate-recurved, 5-10 mm, shallowly lobed into 9-15 deltoid or ovate, typically glandular segments; staminate spike mostly 5-15 mm, usually exceeding the bracts; seeds 3(1).

Notes

Flowers May to October

Wetland indicator: FACU

Southern plants with more elongate staminate spikes (to 3-4 cm) have been called var. fraseri, while plants in the Ozark region with 1-seeded fruits have been distinguished as var. monococca.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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