Deam's Three-seeded Mercury
Acalypha deamii
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Height
- Up to about 28 inches
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Annual
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Soil · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 1 Arkansas county.
Who uses this plant?
5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Acalypha
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Diaphania hyalinataMelonworm Moth
- Orthonama obstipataThe Gem
- Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
9BirdsRecorded eating Acalypha in Arkansas
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Arkansas, most records first.
- Common Ground-dove8 diet records
- Chipping SparrowSeeds. 3 diet records
- Field SparrowSeeds. 2 diet records
- Mourning Dove2 diet records
- American Pipit1 diet record
- Bachman's SparrowSeeds. 1 diet record
- Brown-headed Cowbird1 diet record
- Hermit ThrushFruit and seeds. 1 diet record
- Red-winged Blackbird1 diet record
Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Birds that eat Acalypha 9
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Plant details
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Flower color
- White or green
What its natural habitat tells you
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White or green” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 28 inches” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Annual” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
Deams Three Seeded Mercury
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | S1 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications