Euphorbiaceae
Slender threeseed mercury
Acalypha gracilens
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender threeseed mercury, Shortstalk copperleaf, Slender copperleaf, Slender three-seeded copperleaf, Slender three-seeded mercury, Three-seeded mercury
Synonyms
- Acalypha gracilens var. delzii Lill.W.Mill.
- Acalypha gracilens var. fraseri (Müll.Arg.) Weath.
- Acalypha gracilens var. gracilens
- Acalypha virginica Michx.
- Acalypha virginica var. fraseri Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha virginica var. gracilens (A.Gray) Riddell
- Acalypha virginica var. gracilens (A.Gray) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha virginica var. gracilescens Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha virginica var. intermedia Riddell
- Acalypha virginica var. ovalifolia Riddell
- Acalypha virginica var. ramosa Riddell
- Acalypha virginica var. rhombifolia Riddell
- Acalypha virginica var. texana Riddell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org - See m, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.