Plant Details

Scientific Name: *Acalypha australis.
  • Common Name: Virginia copperleaf
  • Type: Herb
  • Family: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Status: Weed
  • Size: to 40 cm
  • Flowers: short spikes, summer-autumn
  • Species List: Mill Point

Cultural Notes

a native of China and Japan

Identification Notes

stems and Leaves often pink or red. Small inconspicuous flowers produced in the Leaf axilsand subtended by a leafy bract. New growth coppery.

  • *Acalypha australis.
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