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American Pokeweed, autumn folliage

Phytolacca americana

Description:

A Phytolacca americana , a deciduous plant of the Phytolacca genus, in it's magnificent autumn folliage, spotted at Christchurch Botanic gardens.

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4 Comments

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Dear @BrettFallen, that was one of my favourite plants at Christchurch Botanic gardens, until one day-sometimes after the February 2011 earthquake-, I went to check it (as usual) and it wasn't there any more :(

BrettFallen
BrettFallen 11 years ago

Stunning colours and fractal pattern. Very nice

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Yes, nice autumns colors :)
And thank you!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice spotting!

Christchurch, New Zealand

Spotted on Mar 23, 2010
Submitted on Nov 3, 2012

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