Common Three-Seeded Mercury
Scientific Name:Acalypha rhomboidea
Common Name Synonyms: Rhombic Copperleaf, Virginia threeseed mercury


NOTES: Tiny petal-less flowers form in dense clusters of palmately lobed, leafy bracts at the leaf axils, with separate male and female flowers.

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Common Three-Seeded Mercury
Genus species: Acalypha rhomboidea
Common Names: Common Three-Seeded Mercury
Rhombic Copperleaf
Virginia threeseed mercury
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with milky sap; leaves various, simple, stipules sometimes present; flowers unisexual (plants mostly monoecious), regular; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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