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|accepted_name=Acalypha virginica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1003. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Virginia threeseeded mercury
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acalypha digyneia
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha virginica
|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 virginica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 164, 170
|treatment_page=page 171
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1–5 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> usually erect, sometimes ascending, pubescent and usually hirsute. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.3–7 cm; blade narrowly rhombic to broadly lanceolate, 1–8(–11) × 0.5–3(–4) cm, base acute, margins serrate, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.6 cm, pistillate portion 0.7–1.5 × 1.3–1.7 cm or pistillate bract solitary, staminate portion 0.3–1(–1.8) cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts loosely arranged to crowded (inflorescence axis clearly to scarcely visible between bracts) or solitary, 6–13 × 9–20 mm, abaxial surface hirsute and sometimes stipitate-glandular; lobes (9–)10–14(–16), triangular, 1/4–1/2 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> (1.2–)1.5–1.6(–1.8) mm, minutely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Deciduous and evergreen woods, riverbanks, agricultural fields, disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–1200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Acalypha virginica</i> overlaps geographically with <i>A. rhomboidea</i> but is more frequently found in grassy or prairielike habitats. See the discussion of 15. <i>A. rhomboidea</i> for notes on the nomenclatural and taxonomic confusion associated with these species.</p><!--
--><p><i>Acalypha virginica</i> and <i>A. gracilens</i> can sometimes be difficult to distinguish, especially when young. They can generally be distinguished by the pistillate bracts, which in <i>A. virginica</i> are hirsute and lack red sessile glands abaxially and in <i>A. gracilens</i> are sparsely pubescent and bear some red sessile glands abaxially.</p><!--
--><p>Reports of <i>Acalypha virginica</i> from states other than those listed here are based on misidentifications.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Acalypha virginica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Acalypha digyneia
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Deciduous and evergreen woods, riverbanks, agricultural fields, disturbed areas.
|elevation=30–1200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_225.xml
|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha virginica
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