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Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae.
Pokeweed is one of the largest herbaceous perennial plants native to North America, growing up to 10′ tall by 3′ wide in full sun and moist soil. Scientifically known as Phytolacca americana, in late Summer it stands out with it’s dark red stems, large leaves, and clusters of dark purple berries that are beloved by birds. [1] [2]
Pokeweed is a hardy perennial normally spread by birds who eat the berries, which are toxic to humans. The plant is a host to the giant leopard moth. This “weed” can grow up to 12 feet tall and six feet wide. The leaves can grow up to 12 inches long, and the plants attract many birds to your garden.
18 paź 2023 · European gardeners appreciate the shiny berries, colorful stems, and lovely foliage. If you do too, growing pokeberry plants is easy. Pokeweed roots can be transplanted in the late winter or seeds can be sown in the early spring. In order to propagate from seed, collect the berries and crush them in water.
Pokeweed is one of the signature edible native plants of America, with a strong role in Native-American, African-American and Southern cultures and cuisines. The key is caution.
11 paź 2024 · Pokeweed, strong-smelling plant with a poisonous root resembling that of a horseradish. Pokeweed is native to wet or sandy areas of eastern North America. The berries contain a red dye used to color wine, candies, cloth, and paper. Learn more about pokeweed in this article.
The root system resembles a carrot-like taproot. Pokeweed blooms during the summer, sending out greenish-white flowers set on long clusters (racemes). By late summer berries have begun to form. At first these are green but with time change to the easliy indentifiable purplish-black color.
