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Take the FFL Pledge!Acalypha hispida: Chenille Plant
Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein
Release Date: 11/30/2025
Water Resources
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About this Publication
This document is FPS004, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 1999. Revised November 2017, July 2018, and November 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
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Authors
horticultural science specialist, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
state program coordinator and Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program
Extension program manager, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency
state specialized agent II and director Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program, UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency
professor, sustainable landscape design, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences
assistant professor, arboriculture, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
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