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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Chiococca alba (L.) A.S. Hitchc.
Pissabed, Rat root, Snakeroot, West Indian Snowberry

Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Bermuda, the West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Chiococca alba available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Chiococca alba has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Kristen Finch
In Habitat, Juno Dunes Natural Area, FL, 2013
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Kristen Finch
In Habitat, Juno Dunes Natural Area, FL, 2013
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Chiococca alba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton