Euphorbiaceae
Asian copperleaf
Acalypha australis
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (12)
- Azerbaijani
- Avstraliya akalifi
- Chinese
- 鐵莧菜, 铁苋菜, 天牛, 海蚌含珠, 蚌壳草, 铁苋, 铁苋草, 麻葉鐵莧菜
- English
- Asian copperleaf
- Finnish
- Idänkissanhäntä
- Italian
- Acalifa asiatica
- Japanese
- エノキグサ
- Korean
- 깨풀
- os
- Цъизæ
- Persian
- آکالیفا استرالیایی
- Russian
- Акалифа южная
- Swedish
- Vimpelakalyfa
- Vietnamese
- Tai tượng Úc
Synonyms
- Acalypha australis f. glareosa (Rupr.) H.Hara
- Acalypha australis f. lanceolata (Hayata) Hurus.
- Acalypha australis f. velutina (Honda) Ohwi
- Acalypha australis var. glareosa (Rupr.) Nakai
- Acalypha australis var. lanceolata Hayata
- Acalypha australis var. velutina Honda
- Acalypha chinensis Roxb.
- Acalypha gemina (Lour.) Spreng.
- Acalypha gemina var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha gemina var. lanceolata Hayata
- Acalypha indica var. minima (Keng) S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang
- Acalypha lanceolata Wall.
- Acalypha lanceolata Benth.
- Acalypha minima H.Keng
- Acalypha pauciflora Hornem.
- Acalypha pauciflora f. glareosa (Rupr.) Regel
- Acalypha pauciflora f. umbrosa (Rupr.) Regel
- Acalypha pauciflora var. glareosa Rupr.
- Acalypha pauciflora var. umbrosa Rupr.
- Acalypha sessilis Poir.
- Acalypha virgata Thunb.
- Meterana dimidiata Raf.
- Ricinocarpus australis (L.) Kuntze
- Urtica gemina Lour.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 129 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatyana Sova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Robin Fivet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 道草, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Acalypha
- Red-hot cat's tailAcalypha hispidaEuphorbiaceae
- Indian acalyphaAcalypha indicaEuphorbiaceae
- Wilkes' acalyphaAcalypha wilkesianaEuphorbiaceae
- Golden falsenettleAcalypha fruticosaEuphorbiaceae
- California copperleafAcalypha californicaEuphorbiaceae
- Virginia threeseed mercuryAcalypha virginicaEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha chamaedrifoliaEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha ciliataEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha dikuluwensisEuphorbiaceae
- Zambezi false-nettleAcalypha ornataEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha siamensisEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha wilderiEuphorbiaceae
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.