Native plant · EUPHORBIACEAE
Acalypha gracilens
SLENDER THREESEED MERCURY; Slender Three-seeded Mercury
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Acalypha gracilens. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Acalypha gracilens
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Order
- MALPIGHIALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FAC (NWPL)
- Florida range
- Panhandle · North Florida · Central Florida · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Leon; Escambia; Nassau; Pasco; Hernando; Hardee; Brevard; Manatee; Baker; Alachua; Washington; Citrus; Hillsborough; Lafayette; Dixie; Flagler; Volusia; Marion; Indian River; Pinellas; Polk; Calhoun; Clay; Charlotte; DeSoto; Sarasota; Holmes; Sumter; Putnam; Orange; Gilchrist; Liberty; Suwannee; Collier; Lake; Martin; Lee; Palm Beach; Glades; Taylor; Okaloosa; Columbia
Where documented in Florida
Leon; Escambia; Nassau; Pasco; Hernando; Hardee; Brevard; Manatee; Baker; Alachua; Washington; Citrus; Hillsborough; Lafayette; Dixie; Flagler; Volusia; Marion; Indian River; Pinellas; Polk; Calhoun; Clay; Charlotte; DeSoto; Sarasota; Holmes; Sumter; Putnam; Orange; Gilchrist; Liberty; Suwannee; Collier; Lake; Martin; Lee; Palm Beach; Glades; Taylor; Okaloosa; Columbia
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Acalypha
- Acalypha chamaedrifolia — BASTARD COPPERLEAF
- Acalypha ostryifolia — PINELAND THREESEED MERCURY; hornbeam copperleaf
- Acalypha rhomboidea — DIAMOND THREESEED MERCURY; Common Three-seeded Mercury
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.