Phytolacca americana

Common Name: 
common pokeweed, inkberry, poke, pokeberry, pigeon berry
Scientific Name: 
Phytolacca americana L.
Family Name: 
Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems
upright, thick, smooth, branched more above, frequently reddish-purple
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Stems of Common Pokeweed
Leaves
alternate, egg-shaped, petioled, hairless, smaller above
Leaves of Common Pokeweed
Leaves of Common Pokeweed
Leaves of Common Pokeweed
Flowers
5 sepals, greenish-white with pink tint, small petal absent; terminal racemes, upright or drooping
Flowers of Common Pokeweed
Flowers of Common Pokeweed
Fruit
juicy berries, green ripening to dark-purple to black
Fruits of Common Pokeweed
Fruits of Common Pokeweed
Fruits of Common Pokeweed
Fruits of Common Pokeweed
Fruits of Common Pokeweed