Acalypha chamaedrifolia

Acalypha chamaedrifolia
	Close-up of flowers
	In a hanging basket
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Acalypha
Species:	A. chamaedrifolia
Binomial name
	Acalypha chamaedrifolia; (Lam.) Müll.Arg.
Synonyms
	List Acalypha adscendens Hornem.; Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. brevipes (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.; Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. genuina Müll.Arg.; Acalypha corchorifolia Willd.; Acalypha hispaniolae Urb.; Acalypha hotteana Urb.; Acalypha reptans Sw.; Acalypha reptans var. brevipes Müll.Arg.; Acalypha reptans var. genuina Müll.Arg.; Croton chamaedrifolius Lam.; Cupamenis chamedrifolia (Lam.) Raf.; Cupamenis reptans (Sw.) Raf.; Geiseleria chamaedryfolia (Lam.) Klotzsch; Ricinocarpus chamaedrifolius (Lam.) Kuntze; ;

Acalypha chamaedrifolia, the red cat's tail, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to southern Florida and the islands of the Caribbean. It performs best in a loam-less potting mixture. As its synonym Acalypha hispaniolae it gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 2002, but this seems to have been rescinded.