Euphorbiaceae
Foxtail copperleaf
Acalypha alopecuroidea
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 南美鐵莧, 芒尖铁苋菜
- English
- Foxtail copperleaf
Synonyms
- Acalypha alopecuroidea f. glanduligera (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha alopecuroidea f. polycephala Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha alopecuroidea lus. glanduligera Klotzsch
- Acalypha alopecuroidea var. glandulifera Klotzsch
- Acalypha alopecuroidea var. hispida Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha alopecuroidea var. polycephala Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha alopecuroides f. glanduligera (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha alopecuroides f. polycephala Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha aristata Kunth
- Ricinocarpus alopecuroidea (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus alopecuroides (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus aristatus Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January, September (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Rivera Espinoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Jean Michel vivard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Georges LÉGER, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: lisong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Marie -Ninotte Cylly, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: froybalam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Gonzalez Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.