Scientific Name
Phytolacca americana
Common Name
Poke; Pokeweed
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
4 to 8 feet
Flower/fruit:
Racemes of small white flowers; greenish white sepals look like petals; drooping cluster of green fruit ripens to dark purple-black
Flowering Season:
Summer into fall
Foliage:
5 to 12 inch broad, lance-shaped green leaves with reddish stems; tapers at both ends; strong odor when crushed
Site:
Low grounds, recent clearings, roadsides, thickets
Comments:
Root is poisonous
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