Shrubby Copperleaf
Acalypha phleoidesnative · Central Texas
Shrubby Copperleaf is a shrub native to Central Texas. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms red in Jun–Jul. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Bloom
- Jun–Jul · red
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Where it grows
1,210 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.