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Phytolacca americana

Phytolacca acinosa

pigeonberry, pokeberry, pokeweed
Habit Perennial herbs, the stems to 3 m. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, petiolate, the petiole 1-6 cm. long;

leaf blades lanceolate to ovate, up to 35 cm. long and 18 cm. wide, the bases rounded to cordate, the tip acuminate.

Flowers

Flowers in open racemes 6-30 cm. long, the lowest pedicles sometimes with more than one flower; pedicles 3-13 mm. long;

sepals 5, white to greenish-white or pinkish or purplish, ovate, 2.5-3.3 mm. long;

petals none;

stamens 10, in a whorl;

ovary superior.

Fruits

Berries black, 6-11 mm. in diameter.

Phytolacca americana

Phytolacca acinosa
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Roadsides, pastures, clearings, disturbed areas.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, where introduced; native to central and eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from central and eastern North America
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. americana
Subordinate taxa
P. americana var. americana
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