Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Euphorbiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems erect, simple or branched, 2–6 dm, glabrous or puberulent in lines or throughout with incurved hairs, often with a few spreading hairs as well; petioles slender, divaricate, those of the larger lvs regularly more than half as long as the blades, these spreading, lanceolate to ovate, with a tendency to be rhombic; pistillate bracts 5–9-lobed, usually stipitate-glandular (visible at 10×) but without long hairs; staminate spikes scarcely exceeding the bracts; seeds 3, 1–2 mm. Dry or moist soil of open woods, roadsides, waste places, and gardens; Que. to N.D., s. to Fla. and Tex. Perhaps better treated as A. virginica var. rhomboidea (Raf.) Cooperr.

• Common Names

  rhombic copperleaf