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Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.

Common Name: THREE-SEEDED MERCURY
Coefficient of Conservatism: 0
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Nt A-Forb

Considered to be native, and collected in Michigan by the First Survey as early as 1838, but generally a weed of gardens, fencerows, disturbed places in cities; also on river banks, shores, and floodplains; in fields, ditches, and disturbed ground. By far our commonest species.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Allegan
Baraga
Barry
Berrien
Branch
Calhoun
Cass
Clinton
Genesee
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Ingham
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Lapeer
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Mason
Menominee
Monroe
Newaygo
Oakland
Ottawa
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 28, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1244