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Acalypha virginica |
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| Common name |
Virginia copperleaf; Virginia three-seed mercury |
| Family |
euphorbiaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
greenish |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Annual U.S.-native weed with gently serrated leaves (new ones can show a copper coloration, which explains one of its common names) and insignificant flowers, growing with wiry stems. Somewhat common in our gardens, showing up mostly in the vegetable garden in summer. They are only a real nuisance when they are prolific – occasional plants are easily pulled up and discarded. The photo here is typical: the leaves often show insect damage.
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| gypsy | Aug 03, 2013 | So that's what it's called....I always let it go for awhile because the leaves look a bit like monarda.
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