Texas Wildbuds

Acalypha monostachya

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 6994

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7013

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7001

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7005

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 6999

Acalypha monostachya, RM 2627, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster Co. 7018

Scientific Name	Acalypha monostachya (Acalypha hederacea)	USDA PLANTS Symbol	ACMO
Common Name	Round Copperleaf	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	182115
Family	Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
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	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

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