Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua)
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
Genus: Mercurialis
Species: Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua)
Alternative Names: Mercuialis annua
Genus: Mercurialis
Species: Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua)
Alternative Names: Mercuialis annua
Annual Mercury Species Description
These plants are from foreign areas (those that occur outside of North America north of Mexico) that have been released intentionally or unintentionally. Plants that have been disseminated or escaped as a result of human activity, and become established somewhere within the United States, Canada or Greenland.
Allergenicity: Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua) is a mild allergen.
Pollination: Occurs in following seasons depending on latitude and elevation: Spring to Fall.
Angiosperm - Flowering Dicot: Plants in this group have two embryonic leaves (dicotyledons). Examples of dicotyledons are beans, buttercups, oaks, sunflowers, etc.
Forb: A broad-leaved herb other than a grass, especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow.
Weed: Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
Annual: Plants in which the entire life cycle is completed within one growing season.
Herbaceous Stem: Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
Annual Mercury Species Usage
Dye: Used as a colored dye.
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More Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua) imagesby Jessie M. Harris from BONAP
