Acalypha chamaedrifolia

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.
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. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107198/dwarf_chenille_plant.html 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

Appearance

The sessile flowers are borne on terminal, cylindrical racemes and are red in colour. The flowers located on the upper end of the raceme are male flowers.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
GenusAcalypha
SpeciesAcalypha chamaedrifolia
Photographed in
Australia