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American Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

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Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana Phytolacca americana


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4 Comments

JVM
JVM 12 years ago

Interesting! Thanks

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Just giving you the scientific name if you'd like to add it to this spotting! The pioneers used to use pokeweed for food as well, but it's toxic, so it fell out of style for the most part.

JVM
JVM 12 years ago

I did not know. Cool!

KarinStewardRaymond
KarinStewardRaymond 12 years ago

Apparently, you can make purple ink with the berries when they are ripe.

JVM
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JVM

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 10, 2011
Submitted on Jul 10, 2011

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