Index / Search / Acalypha ostryifolia
§1 Plant
Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell
vernacular pineland 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
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 425 counties across 23 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 425 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Conway 05029
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Greene 17061
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
Indiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Labette 20099
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Carroll 21041
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Todd 21219
- Union 21225
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Dade 29057
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lafayette 29107
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Hancock 47067
- Haywood 47075
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Montgomery 47125
- Rhea 47143
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Childress 48075
- Collin 48085
- Colorado 48089
- Cottle 48101
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Donley 48129
- Gillespie 48171
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Kerr 48265
- Lamar 48277
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lynn 48305
- McLennan 48309
- Ochiltree 48357
- Presidio 48377
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Williamson 48491
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ACOS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8159460 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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