Common Name: rhombic copper-leaf, three-seeded mercury, mercury weedScientific Name: Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.Family Name: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative annual, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, frequently branched, hairy Leavesnarrowly or broadly lanceolate, toothed margins, opposite below, alternate above; young and frosted leaves often copper tinted Flowers green, male and female separate but together, clustered male stalked above female; axillary, deeply notched leave-like bract subtending