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Chenille Plant/Red-Hot Cat's Tail

Acalypha hispida

Photo by JOHN2
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28.9142, -81.3104

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Description:

Can grow to 15 feet, but often a small container plant. Leaves green, ovate, pointed at tips, w/dentate edges. Flowers bright red on long drooping tassel-like spikes. Turn brown when old.

Habitat:

Likes rich compost w/out full sun, not cold hardy. Flowers spring & summer. FL 32771

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PublishedMay 20, 2011

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