Acalypha gracilens

ClassificationDicots
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Family (Traditional)Euphorbiaceae
GenusAcalypha
Species:Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
Common NameSlender Threeseed Mercury
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-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; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Apical; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 3
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Johnson (KY), Lincoln (KY), Livingston (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Meade (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Nelson (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Robertson (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Chester (TN), Clay (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1897 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100412913 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Sep 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8309
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412806 Madison Kentucky 06 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-34
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412814 Cheatham Tennessee 17 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
1979
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412889 Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9075
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 20 Sep 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137418 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137417 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137413 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137404 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018194 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018193 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018185 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0015050 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0119180 Livingston Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0085687 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412756 Woodford Kentucky 30 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3328
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412905 Fulton Kentucky 22 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9356
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
N/A Clinton Kentucky 10 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-496
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412772 Barren Kentucky 13 Sep 1993 Charles J. Lapham
238
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
N/A Carter Tennessee 04 Oct 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137415 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137409 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137406 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018188 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018192 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0104915 Cumberland Kentucky 22 Aug 2018 Mason Brock
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007933 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007939 McCracken Kentucky
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118570 Lewis Tennessee 01 Aug 1945 Clyde B. King
230
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118593 Coffee Tennessee 03 Oct 1965 R. Kral
26025
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412780 Clinton Kentucky 05 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-454
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412897 Carter Kentucky 29 Jul 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10803
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412798 Clinton Kentucky 04 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1861
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137425 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137431 White Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137403 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137426 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137408 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137429 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137422 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0015058 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0015034 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU014649 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118602 Rutherford Tennessee 09 Jul 1947 Elsie Quarterman
3076
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118595 Dickson Tennessee 02 Aug 1969 R. Kral
35892
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412848 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Ross C. Clark
23663
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412855 Franklin Kentucky 10 Oct 1996 Deborah White
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412822 Christian Kentucky 01 Sep 1984 Raymond Athey
4998
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137407 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137427 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137400 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137410 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137402 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137420 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137430 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018187 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0120142 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0119820 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0062674 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
ETSU032414 Monroe Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118551 Cheatham Tennessee 28 Sep 1967 R. Kral
29266B
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118603 Williamson Tennessee 20 Sep 1988 L. Kelly
2064
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137428 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137414 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137401 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0085686 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0084375 Breckinridge Kentucky 21 Jul 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU014648 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007930 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007932 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT032771 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118597 Hickman Tennessee 09/31/1970 R. Kral
41380
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412871 McCreary Kentucky 20 Aug 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31973000012306 Johnson Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137412 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137411 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137421 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137424 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT018189 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0069787 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0024791 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0056922 Hardin Tennessee 21 Aug 2006 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0084376 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT043110 Chester Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412939 Robertson Kentucky 18 Jul 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7504
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
BEREA012882 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha gracilens
BEREA012881 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Acalypha gracilens
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 20 Sep 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Acalypha gracilens
31973000012303 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137416 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137423 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0084374 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0104843 Caldwell Kentucky 07 Jul 2018 Mason Brock
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118596 Dickson Tennessee 02 Aug 1969 R. Kral
35918
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118598 Cocke Tennessee 30 Aug 1897 Thos. H. Kearney
884
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0084504 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118594 Davidson Tennessee 29 Aug 1985 Milo Guthrie
602
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT312263 Livingston Kentucky 04 Jul 1978 Raymond Athey
4143
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118600 Rutherford Tennessee 09 Jul 1947 Elsie Quarterman
3076
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118592 Clay Tennessee 18 Jul 1997 Michael A. Vincent
7963
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412921 Powell Kentucky 11 Aug 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6032
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
31234100412863 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Sep 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8285
EKY
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137405 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
TENN-V-0137419 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0068265 Warren Kentucky 20 Aug 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0102306 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
APSC0085285 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007934 Kentucky
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007935 Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007936 Kentucky
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
HTTU007931 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Acalypha gracilens
UCHT032772 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Acalypha gracilens
BRIT118599 Maury Tennessee 17 Aug 2002 Dwayne Estes
3984
VDB
Acalypha gracilens
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