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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Common Threeseed Mercury

Acalypha rhomboidea
native · Central Texas

Common Threeseed Mercury is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms green in Jun–Nov.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Height
About 2 ft
Bloom
Jun–Nov · green

Where it grows

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.