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Native Acalypha

Acalypha eremorum

Native Acalypha
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
C. & S. Queensland, NE. New South Wales
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Acalypha eremorum is a species of shrubs of the plant family Euphorbiaceae, endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is commonly known as soft acalypha, turkey bush or native acalypha. The species grows as an open branched shrub to 2 m tall with small leaves with crenate margins. Plants may shed their leaves in response to prolonged drought. Branches often end in spines, especially on smaller plants. Small flowers are produced in spikes throughout the year and are followed by deeply lobed capsular fruit.

Acalypha eremorum occurs naturally in forest understorey, primarily in the drier closed forest types such as vine scrub though occasionally in open forest. It has also been brought into cultivation as an ornamental garden plant.

Other Acalypha plants

Asian copperleaf · Acalypha bipartita · California copperleaf · Bastard Copperleaf · Acalypha ciliata · Acalypha cupricola · Acalypha dictyoneura · Acalypha dikuluwensis · Acalypha ecuadorica · Acalypha eggersii · Golden falsenettle · Slender threeseed mercury

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acalypha eremorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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