Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Genus:

Acalypha

Species:

Acalypha sericea var. sericea

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Height:

50 cm

Drought Tolerance:

High

Bloom Months:

jun,jul,aug,sep,oct

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:

small mammals, granivorous birds

Fire Ecology:

Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire

Fire Notes:

Adapted to prairie fire regimes, resprouts from base after fire. Common in fire-maintained grasslands of the southern Great Plains.