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Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Description:

Spotted this while on a walk with my mother. She told me that the berries will turn purple and that as a little kid she used to smush them and use the juice as paint and "makeup".

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pokeberry, pokeweed
Phytolacca sp. Pokeweed


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1 Comment

AmberLundeen
AmberLundeen 12 years ago

Thanks KristalWatrous - Really interesting info -kinda scary that she was playing around and smushing these as a kid when they're poisonous!

AmberLundeen
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AmberLundeen

California, USA

Spotted on Sep 24, 2011
Submitted on Sep 24, 2011

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