Virginia Copperleaf

Common Name: Virginia Copperleaf

Botanical Name: Acalypha virginica L.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Life Cycle: Annual (spreads by seeds)

Defining Identification Characteristics:

• Upright, branching form

• Lower leaves are opposite and upper leaves are alternate

• Leaves have long petiole

• Small, green flowers in clusters where leaf petiole emerges from stem

Common habitat:

• Landscape gardens

• Roadsides

• Stream banks

Noxious Weed List/Legal Status:

Eradicate Control Restricted Specially Regulated Not Listed

Additional Information:

• Acalypha virginica (Virginia Copperleaf)

• Virginia Copperleaf