Green and Purple Pokeweed Berries and Pokeweed Flowers

Green and Purple Pokeweed Berries and Pokeweed Flowers

Green and purple pokeweed berries and pokeweed flowers(Phytolacca americana). the berry and flower cluster stem is a surprisingly vivid pink. Pokeweeds are perennial herbs growing from 1 to 10 feet tall. They have single alternate leaves, pointed at the end, with crinkled edges. The plant has a large white taproot, green or red stems, and large, simple leaves. White flowers are followed by purple to almost black berries, which are a good food source for songbirds such as Gray Catbird, Northern Cardinal, Brown Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird. All parts of pokeweed are toxic in humans, including the raw aboveground leaves sprouting in the early spring.
Shot with a Nikon D80 and a 55mm AIS macro lens.


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