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Dwarf chenille plant Native to Florida and the Caribbean. A bushy shrub with a low growing habit, ovate green leaves with a serrated margin.<br /> <br /> Producing pinky-red catkin like woolly tail flowers up to 10 cm long, in summer and autumn.<br /> <br /> This is &#039;Stephie&#039; cultivar.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92652/dwarf_chenille_plant.html" title="Dwarf chenille plant"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3314/92652_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1614816010&Signature=iNWSqHS%2B3EXraIpPzFSzLd2D9cc%3D" width="200" height="194" alt="Dwarf chenille plant Native to Florida and the Caribbean. A bushy shrub with a low growing habit, ovate green leaves with a serrated margin.<br /> <br /> Producing pinky-red catkin like woolly tail flowers up to 10 cm long, in summer and autumn.<br /> <br /> This is &#039;Stephie&#039; cultivar. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107198/dwarf_chenille_plant.html<br /> <br /> Acalypha chamaedrifolia,Acalypha reptans,Australia,Chenille plant,Dwarf Chenille plant,Euphorbiaceae,Everglades Copperleaf plant,Fall,Firetail plant,Flora,Geotagged,Malpighiales,autumn,botany,new south wales,plant,red flowers" /></a></figure> Acalypha chamaedrifolia,Acalypha reptans,Australia,Botany,Chenille Plant,Dwarf chenille plant,Euphorbiaceae,Everglades copperleaf plant,Flora,Geotagged,Malpighiales,Summer,red flowers Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Dwarf chenille plant

Native to Florida and the Caribbean. A bushy shrub with a low growing habit, ovate green leaves with a serrated margin.

Producing pinky-red catkin like woolly tail flowers up to 10 cm long, in summer and autumn.

This is 'Stephie' cultivar.

Dwarf chenille plant Native to Florida and the Caribbean. A bushy shrub with a low growing habit, ovate green leaves with a serrated margin.<br /> <br /> Producing pinky-red catkin like woolly tail flowers up to 10 cm long, in summer and autumn.<br /> <br /> This is 'Stephie' cultivar. <br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107198/dwarf_chenille_plant.html<br /> <br /> Acalypha chamaedrifolia,Acalypha reptans,Australia,Chenille plant,Dwarf Chenille plant,Euphorbiaceae,Everglades Copperleaf plant,Fall,Firetail plant,Flora,Geotagged,Malpighiales,autumn,botany,new south wales,plant,red flowers

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The Acalypha chamaedrifolia

Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Acalypha reptans) is a plant in Euphorbiaceae family. The leaves are ovate in shape and have a rounded apex and are held in opposite pairs along the stem. The leaves have a crenate-dentate margin, are covered with hairs and measure about 5 to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.

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Similar species: Malpighiales
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Jan 13, 2021. Captured Jan 2, 2021 15:57 in 59 Merewether St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO250
  • 105mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.