Acalypha setosa

Acalypha setosa

Found in disturbed ground. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 7 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Acalypha

Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Diaphania hyalinataMelonworm Moth
Orthonama obstipataThe Gem
Oxydia vesuliaSpurge Spanworm Moth
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

9BirdsRecorded eating Acalypha in Mississippi

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Mississippi, 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

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab)

Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

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-dove
Columbina passerina
8 diet records
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Seeds. 3 diet records
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Seeds. 2 diet records
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
2 diet records
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
1 diet record
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis
Seeds. 1 diet record
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
1 diet record
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
1 diet record

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Mississippi rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
MS status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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