Dwarf Cat's Tail (Acalypha herzogiana Pax & K.Hoffm.)
Also known as dwarf chenille plant, strawberry firetails; also classified as Acalypha nitschkeana.
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A plant native to South America, from Bolivia to Brazil, grown in North America as an ornamental.
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This map is based on our research. We have checked its accuracy to Level 3 ecoregions. Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental. It can escape cultivation and establish in the wild via vegetative reproduction, although the cultivated form is sterile so does not reproduce by seed. BONAP reports this species only in Mobile County, AL, whereas FSUS also reports it in the FL Coastal Plain both along the western panhandle and in central FL. FSUS marks these as waifs.
