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|accepted_name=Acalypha monococca
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann ex A. Gray) Lillian W. Miller & Gandhi
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sida
|place=13: 123. 1988
|year=1988
}}
|common_names=Oneseeded mercury
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Acalypha gracilens var. monococca
|authority=Engelmann ex A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Manual ed.
|publication_place=2, 390. 1856
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. gracilens subsp. monococca
|authority=(Engelmann ex A. Gray) G. L. Webster
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha monococca
|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 monococca]]</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, 1–4 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.2–1(–1.2) cm; blade linear-lanceolate to linear, 1.7–6(–7) × 0.3–1.2 cm, base cuneate, margins usually subentire, sometimes shallowly serrate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.6 cm, pistillate portion 0.6–1.2 × 0.8–1.5 cm or pistillate bract solitary, staminate portion 0.1–2.5 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts loosely arranged to crowded (inflorescence axis clearly to scarcely visible between bracts) or solitary, 8–13 × 11–16 mm, abaxial surface sparsely to densely pubescent, red sessile-glandular, and rarely stipitate-glandular; lobes (7–)9–13(–17), deltate, 1/10–1/4 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 1-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 1.6–2.4 mm, shallowly pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Pine and oak woods, prairies, barrens, on sandy or shallow rocky soils.
|elevation=80–600 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>Even when fruits have dehisced, <i>Acalypha monococca</i> is easily distinguished from <i>A. gracilens</i> and all other species in the genus by its curved, needlelike columellae.</p>
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name=Acalypha monococca
|authority=(Engelmann ex A. Gray) Lillian W. Miller & Gandhi
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=A. gracilens subsp. monococca
|basionyms=Acalypha gracilens var. monococca
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Pine and oak woods, prairies, barrens, on sandy or shallow rocky soils.
|elevation=80–600 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sida
|publication year=1988
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha monococca
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