Euphorbiaceae
Catch me if you can
Acalypha amentacea
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
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Acalypha amentaceaEuphorbiaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 兰屿铁苋菜
- English
- Catch me if you can
Synonyms
- Achyranthes spiciflora Burm
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
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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.