| Common
Name: common
pokeweed, inkberry, poke, pokeberry, pigeon berry
Scientific Name: Phytolacca americana L.
Family Name: Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed Family
Identification
Notes:
life
cycle - native perennial, reproducing by seed
stems -
upright, thick, smooth, branched more above, frequently reddish-purple
growth
habit 1 , growth
habit 2, growth
habit 3, growth
habit 4, stems, last year's growth
leaves -
alternate, egg-shaped, petioled, hairless, smaller above leaves
1,
leaves 2, seedlings
flowers -
5 sepals, greenish-white with pink tint, small petal absent;
terminal racemes, upright or drooping flowers
fruit -
juicy berries, green ripening to dark-purple to black immature
fruits, mature
fruits 1, growth
mature fruits 2, growth
mature fruits 3, mature
fruits 4
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