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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Round Copperleaf

Acalypha monostachya
native · Central Texas

Round Copperleaf is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms red and pink in Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct and Nov.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
About 3 ft
Bloom
Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov · red, pink

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Trans-Pecos

14 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.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.