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|accepted_name=Acalypha gracilens
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Manual,
|place=408. 1848
|year=1848
}}
|common_names=Slender threeseeded mercury
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acalypha gracilens var. delzii
|authority=Lillian W. Miller
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. gracilens var. fraseri
|authority=(Müller Arg.) Weatherby
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha gracilens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Acalypha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Acalypha gracilens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 164, 172
|treatment_page=page 171
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1–6 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.2–1.2(–1.8) cm; blade oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1.7–6 × 0.4–2 cm, base cuneate, margins serrate to crenate to subentire, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.6 cm, pistillate portion 0.7–1.3 × 0.8–1.5 cm or pistillate bract solitary, staminate portion 0.2–2.6 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts loosely arranged to crowded (inflorescence axis clearly to scarcely visible between bracts) or solitary, 8–14 × 11–17 mm, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent, red sessile-glandular, and sometimes stipitate-glandular; lobes (7–)9–13(–15), deltate, 1/10–1/4 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 1.1–1.9 mm, minutely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mostly summer–fall.
|habitat=Pine and pine-oak woods, dry hardwood forests, glades, prairies, disturbed areas, usually on sand or shallow rocky soils.
|elevation=0–1100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Acalypha gracilens</i> varies considerably throughout its range; some of the extremes have been named. The variation shows no discrete breaks and no infraspecific taxa warrant recognition (G. A. Levin 1999). Populations in central Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa have been alleged to be introduced, but they show slight morphological differences from other populations and appear to be native. <i>Acalypha gracilens</i> is introduced in Wisconsin. See 16. <i>A. virginica</i> for a discussion of the differences between <i>A. gracilens</i> and that species.</p>
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name=Acalypha gracilens
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Acalypha gracilens var. delzii;A. gracilens var. fraseri
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mostly summer–fall.
|habitat=Pine and pine-oak woods, dry hardwood forests, glades, prairies, disturbed areas, usually on sand or shallow rocky soils.
|elevation=0–1100 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Manual,
|publication year=1848
|special status=Weedy;Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha gracilens
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