Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha sp.
The spikes of red flower clusters are about 5 cm. Observed near Tambach, Elgeyo Escarpment, Rift Valley, Kenya. December 2012.
LEAVES: Alternate on stems. Margins crenulate. Sparse, but long spidery
hairs.
HERBACEOUS: Mostly herbaceous, but woody lower stems and branches on
weak shrubby plants up to 1½-meters tall
FLOWERS: Small clusters of very small red flowers arranged further along
a slender spike about 4 to 8 cm long.
RANGE: One of many species of Acalypha found in nearly all
habitats in Kenya.
FRUIT: Three-parted capsules.
UNARMED