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key 3; family Euphorbiaceae
subfamily Acalyphoideae
Acalypha alopecuroides Jacq.; xmiisbil
Weedy
herb with simple, alternate, ovate, toothed leaves. Staminate
flowers minute, in axillary spikes. Pistillate flowers enclosed
in bracts, forming cylindrical, soft-fuzzy, catkin-like spikes
at stem tips. With magnification, glandular trichomes are present
on most shoot organs. Similar to Acalypha arvensis in which
pistillate bracts are somewhat less hairy and glandular trichomes
restricted to the pistillate inflorescence.
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Weedy
herb with simple, alternate, ovate, toothed leaves. Staminate
flowers minute, in axillary spikes. Pistillate flowers enclosed
in bracts, forming cylindrical, soft-fuzzy, catkin-like spikes
at stem tips. With magnification, glandular trichomes are present
on most shoot organs. Similar to Acalypha arvensis in which
pistillate bracts are somewhat less hairy and glandular trichomes
restricted to the pistillate inflorescence.