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|accepted_name=Acalypha californica
|accepted_authority=Bentham
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Voy. Sulphur,
|place=51. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|common_names=California copperleaf
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acalypha pringlei
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 163
|treatment_page=page 165
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 5–10 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, hirsute and stipitate-glandular, becoming glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> persistent or drought-deciduous; petiole 0.5–2.5 cm; blade ovate to cordate, 1–5 × 0.5–4 cm, base truncate to rounded or cordate, margins serrate-crenate, apex acute or obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual and bisexual, axillary and terminal; staminate peduncle 0.3–2.5 cm, fertile portion 1–4 cm; pistillate peduncle 0.4–3 cm, fertile portion 1–3 × 0.8–1.2 cm; bisexual similar to staminate, with 1–3 pistillate bracts near base; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts loosely arranged (inflorescence axis visible between bracts), 3–6 × 5.5–11 mm, abaxial surface pubescent, sessile- and stipitate-glandular; lobes (8–)10–18, rounded, 1/5 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent and stipitate-glandular. <b>Seeds</b> 1.5–2 mm, minutely pitted. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, especially spring and fall.
|habitat=Arid rocky slopes, desert washes.
|elevation=10–1400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>Plants in Arizona and Sonora have been segregated as <i>Acalypha</i> pringlei based on having long nonglandular hairs mixed with shorter hairs on the stem (versus hairs all of one length). This trait appears throughout the range of <i>A. californica</i> and cannot be used to distinguish two species (G. A. Levin 1995).</p>
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name=Acalypha californica
|authority=Bentham
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Acalypha pringlei
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round, especially spring and fall.
|habitat=Arid rocky slopes, desert washes.
|elevation=10–1400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Voy. Sulphur,
|publication year=1844
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_542.xml
|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha californica
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