Native Plants
Acalypha ostryifolia
Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell
Pineland Threeseed Mercury, Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
USDA Symbol: ACOSUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Acalypha ostraefolia
Hop Hornbeam, Copperleaf
Euphorbiaceae
Location: SE corner of East-West Path & Wolfeton Path--Oakwell Farms--San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Semi-shade. Nominal moisture. Level, grassy field. Alkaline soil. Large colony.
Description: Erect, 45 cm tall, annual. Stalk 3 mm dia, pubescent w/few long & many short hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic to 6x10 cm, w/petioles 1/2 length of leaf, dentate, palmately veined, medium green above/lighter & gland dotted below. Infloresence: staminate short spike axillary; pistillate/ terminal.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 19, 1993
Specimen number: 502
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0766
Accession Date: May 26, 1994
Accession Number: 58
Annotations: (In fruit)
MCFRB