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Small-leaf Milkberry

Chiococca parvifolia

Found in Coastal berms and grasslands, rockland hammocks, pine rocklands, shell middens. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 8 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
Limestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 84 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Chiococca

  • Argyrotaenia amatanaPondapple Leafroller Moth
  • Cautethia groteiGrote's Sphinx
  • Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Cyclargus thomasiMiami Blue
  • Xylophanes plutoPluto Sphinx
  • Podiasa chiococcella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Rubiaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankS4
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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