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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 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.
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.
Phytolacca is a genus of perennial plants native to North America, South America and East Asia. Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush , pokeberry , pokeroot or poke sallet .
11 paź 2024 · pokeweed, (Phytolacca americana), 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 colour wine, candies, cloth, and paper.
Phytolacca – commonly called Pokeweed– are grown for their attractive autumn foliage and their decorative fruit. Leaves are ovate to elliptic and the perennial species have colored stems. Panicles of small, shallowly cup-shaped flowers are followed by spherical dark red to blackish-purple berries.
18 paź 2023 · Pokeberry is a hardy, native perennial herb normally considered an invasive weed. Others recognize it for its amazing uses. Interested in growing pokeberry plants? Click here to find out how to grow pokeberries and what uses there are for pokeberries.
