Index / Search / Acalypha gracilens
§1 Plant
Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
vernacular slender threeseed mercury — species · Euphorbiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Acalypha
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 687 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 687 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Spalding 13255
- Twiggs 13289
- Walker 13295
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Attala 28007
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bosque 48035
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Collin 48085
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jasper 48241
- Lamar 48277
- Liberty 48291
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Williamson 48491
- Young 48503
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACGR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3056054 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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