Hophornbeam Copperleaf
Common Name: Hophornbeam Copperleaf
Species Name: Acalypha ostryifolia
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae
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Method of Propagation | Seed | |
Life Cycle | Annual Herb |
- Seed
Ovoid, silvery gray, tuberculate
- Seedling
Cotyledons pubescent; stems with short pubescence; first leaves toothed, sparsely pubescent
- Mature Plant
Fibrous roots from taproot; erect stem, simple to usually branched, pubescent; trichomes sparse to dense, glandular or short and recurved; alternate leaves, simple, ovate to rhombic-ovate, margins serrate, terminal and axillary inflorescences on separate spikes; capsule fruit, 3-seeded