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|accepted_name=Acalypha radians
|accepted_authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 200. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Cardinal feather;palmate copperleaf
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha radians
|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 radians]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 164
|treatment_page=page 166
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, 1.5–4 dm, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to ascending, short-pubescent and hirsute. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.4–1.6 cm; blade reniform or suborbiculate, 0.5–1.5 × 0.8–2 cm, base cordate or rounded, margins deeply crenate, apex rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, terminal (staminate and pistillate) and axillary (pistillate); staminate peduncle 0.5–3 cm, fertile portion 1–4(–5) cm; pistillate peduncle 0.1–0.5 cm, fertile portion 1–2.5 × 0.8–1.2 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts crowded (inflorescence axis not visible between bracts), 7–10 × 12–16 mm, abaxial surface hirsute, sessile- and stipitate-glandular; lobes (7–)8–10(–13), spatulate, 1/2 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent and hirsute. <b>Seeds</b> 1.8–2 mm, minutely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Grassy openings, dunes, and oak or mesquite woodlands, usually on deep sand.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Acalypha radians</i> is found in the flora area from the Edwards Plateau south to the Mexican border.</p>
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name=Acalypha radians
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Grassy openings, dunes, and oak or mesquite woodlands, usually on deep sand.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_366.xml
|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha radians
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