Acalypha ostryifolia

ClassificationDicots
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Family (Traditional)Euphorbiaceae
GenusAcalypha
Species:Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell ex J. M. Coult.
Common NamePineland Threeseed Mercury
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 2
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Acalypha caroliniana Acalypha caroliniana Ell.
Acalypha ostryaefolia Acalypha ostryaefolia Riddell

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Boone (KY), Bourbon (KY), Boyle (KY), Bracken (KY), Campbell (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Cumberland (KY), Elliott (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Hardin (KY), Harrison (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Lincoln (KY), Livingston (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Mason (KY), Mercer (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Owen (KY), Trigg (KY), Washington (KY), Woodford (KY), Bedford (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Haywood (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Rhea (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1942 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100411709 Lincoln Kentucky 10 Sep 2001 Timothy J. Weckman, Chris Packard
6780
EKY
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31234100411915 Knox Tennessee 07 Aug 1990 V. E. McNeilus
90-768
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411824 Madison Kentucky 15 Oct 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-810
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411865 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 R. C. Clark, Tim Weckman
23,545
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
BEREA012889 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BEREA012883 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31973000004040 Boone Kentucky 14 Jul 2013 Whitson, Maggie (Mary)
2013-0005 1/3
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137449 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137473 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137445 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137457 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137460 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137442 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0210182 Davidson Tennessee August A. Gattinger
TENN
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411899 Woodford Kentucky 25 Jul 1956 Mary Wharton
10386
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
BEREA012888 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31973000012320 Boyle Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012319 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137448 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137441 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137643 Fleming Kentucky
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137438 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137453 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137446 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137435 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137455 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137686 Mercer Kentucky
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137466 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31234100411733 Elliott Kentucky 20 Jul 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411816 Lincoln Kentucky 10 Sep 2001 Timothy J. Weckman
6807
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411857 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3759
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
BEREA012886 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BEREA012885 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31973000012311 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137474 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137465 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137434 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137447 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137684 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137685 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0210181 Davidson Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Acalypha ostryifolia
UCHT018198 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31234100411808 Hickman Kentucky 12 Sep 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73F1.1
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
BEREA012891 Williamson Tennessee
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BEREA012887 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BEREA023494 Bourbon Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012318 Owen Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137439 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137462 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137467 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137452 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137433 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137472 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137469 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0015118 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015117 Stewart Tennessee 09 Sep 1983 Edward Chester
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411881 Mercer Kentucky 18 Sep 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411790 Hardin Kentucky 16 Oct 1983 Ronald L. Jones
4233
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411717 Ballard Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 Ronald L. Jones
8052
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411725 Cumberland Kentucky 07 Sep 1997 Ross C. Clark
23750
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411741 Fayette Kentucky 04 Aug 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9313
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
BEREA012884 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137444 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137456 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137451 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137470 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137454 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137437 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137461 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0015119 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411782 Garrard Kentucky 22 Aug 2010 W. W. Overbeck
702
EKY
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BEREA012890 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha ostryaefolia
31973000012310 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012313 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012316 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012317 Washington Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012308 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137436 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137463 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137450 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
UCHT018197 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0090917 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU026780 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0243951 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411758 Fleming Kentucky 29 Sep 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8042
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411766 Franklin Kentucky 30 Jul 1981 John MacGregor
FR-524
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411873 Mercer Kentucky 03 Aug 1991 David D. Taylor
16030
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012314 Harrison Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012309 Mason Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012321 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137464 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137443 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137440 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137468 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
UCHT018200 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0015109 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015115 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118504 Davidson Tennessee 10 Jul 1962 L. E. Franklin
161
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015112 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU007945 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118513 Sumner Tennessee 15 Jul 1975 J. Alcorn
749
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118517 Williamson Tennessee 01 Sep 1988 Lisa Kelly
2011
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118505 Davidson Tennessee 25 Sep 1966 Leg. ign.
552
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT312232 Campbell Kentucky 31 Jul 1984 Allison W. Cusick
23751
VDB
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BRIT118515 Williamson Tennessee 22 Aug 1967 R. Kral
28992
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118500 Bedford Tennessee 12 Aug 1987 R. Kral
74104
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118516 Williamson Tennessee 14 Jul 1987 Lisa Kelly
1003
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118509 Haywood Tennessee 20 Aug 1996 V. E. McNeilus
96828
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM000798 Fayette Kentucky 11 Aug 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
4731
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0024792 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU007944 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118518 Williamson Tennessee 25 Aug 1987 Lisa Kelly
1329
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT121519 Coffee Tennessee 19 Aug 1971 R. Kral
43619
VDB
Acalypha ostryaefolia
BRIT118508 DeKalb Tennessee 19 Jul 1996 R. Kral
86284
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU035930 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU035936 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015113 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0106467 Bourbon Kentucky 01 Oct 2018 Mason Brock
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU007946 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
MTSU011587 Davidson Tennessee 24 Jul 2001 Angela Cathey
MTSU
Acalypha ostryaefolia
UOS02569 Franklin Tennessee 26 Oct 2010 Jon Evans
UOS
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118502 Davidson Tennessee 15 Aug 1942 Jesse M. Shaver
3040
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118510 Knox Tennessee 06 Aug 1993 John Dutton
82
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM020144 Trigg Kentucky 03 Aug 1966 Bill Forrester
2306
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM004757 Carlisle Kentucky 26 Jul 1970 Raymond Athey
1141
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU035952 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015116 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015111 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015110 Cannon Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015121 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118503 Sumner Tennessee 00/00/1924 Jesse M. Shaver
7201
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118512 Maury Tennessee 05 Oct 1967 R. Kral
29407
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM016172 Fulton Kentucky 13 Oct 1979 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
79G13.1
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411774 Franklin Kentucky 05 Oct 1981 Hal Bryan
FR-351
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411907 Knox Tennessee 30 Jul 1987 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31234100411832 Madison Kentucky 27 Sep 1975 J. Stuart Lassetter
2479
EKY
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012312 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
31973000012315 Jessamine Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137459 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137458 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
TENN-V-0137471 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0015120 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015108 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
APSC0015114 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118506 Davidson Tennessee 18 Jul 1974 R. Kral
537676
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
TENN-V-0137432 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha ostryaefolia
APSC0015122 Christian Kentucky 19 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU026784 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
HTTU026785 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118507 Davidson Tennessee 27 Sep 1965 R. Kral
25998
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118514 Williamson Tennessee 03 Oct 1968 R. Kral
33539
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
BRIT118501 Cannon Tennessee 01 Sep 1991 Milo Pyne
91-089
VDB
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM007201 Livingston Kentucky 30 Sep 1968 Raymond Athey
501
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM007055 Tipton Tennessee 10 Aug 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
288
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM014648 Fayette Tennessee 18 Oct 1978 James R. Browne
78P3.3
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
MEM012295 Shelby Tennessee 30 Jul 1978 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
395
MEM
Acalypha ostryifolia
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Acalypha ostryifolia - Dwayne Estes
Acalypha ostryifolia - Dwayne Estes
Acalypha ostryifolia - Milo Pyne
Acalypha ostryifolia - Milo Pyne