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Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt
Simpleleaf bushweed

Flueggea virosa
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Phyllanthaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Flueggea virosa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Flueggea virosa has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Palm Drive Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
West Biscayne Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized

Flueggea virosa has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized

Flueggea virosa has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Upland

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Flueggea virosa
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Flueggea virosa
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Flueggea virosa
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Flueggea virosa
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr