Common Name: common pokeweed, inkberry, poke, pokeberry, pigeon berryScientific Name: Phytolacca americana L.Family Name: Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, thick, smooth, branched more above, frequently reddish-purple Leavesalternate, egg-shaped, petioled, hairless, smaller above Flowers5 sepals, greenish-white with pink tint, small petal absent; terminal racemes, upright or drooping Fruitjuicy berries, green ripening to dark-purple to black