#phytolaccaamericana

[phytophiliac]

Phytolacca americana has a lot of common names including: American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry. It is native to North America. The roots are considered poisonous. Other parts of the plant can be edible if harvested at the right time and cooked properly but can also be deadly poisonous if not.

[love-elizabeth]

Field journal 📔 ID: Phytolacca americana Common name: American pokeweed (other cool names include dragonberries and inkberry) 🫐 This is a beautiful native plant in eastern North America, the Midwest, the Gulf Coast, and the West Coast of the US. 🫐 While pokeweed can be toxic to humans and many other mammals, it’s a great food source for many other critters such as songbirds, raccoons, opossums, foxes, mice, and moths. 🫐 However, some parts of pokeweed have been consumed by humans for food and medicine. In fact, there’s a song called “Polk Salad Annie” about the “poke sallet” or “polk salad” made from leaves and stems of the young plant that have been carefully boiled and rinsed 2+ times. You can find YouTube videos of Elvis performing this song! 🫐 This plant has contributed to a few other interesting uses by humans. The berries and roots can be made into inks and dyes, and parts of it have also been billed as treatment for skin diseases, rheumatism, mumps, and arthritis. In the 1890s, extract from the plant was advertised as a weight loss drug. 🫐 Chemicals from it are being studied for antiviral effects against diseases like HIV and as a possible way to control zebra mussels—interestingly enough, my first sighting of this plant last summer was at the lake where I spent my childhood summers avoiding being cut by the nonnative zebra mussels that invaded the area lakes. 🫐 Observed in Steuben County, Indiana 🫐 🌿 🔍 #indiana #plant #pokeweed #midwest #Phytolaccaamericana #berries #nature #naturelovers #nature_brilliance #fiftyshades_of_nature #phytolacca #inkberry #dragonberries #goldenrod #americanpokeweed #Phytolaccaceae #Caryophyllales #wildflowers #indianaphenology (at Steuben County, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CivU6v6uYGM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[eugeniomoretti]

#phytolaccaamericana #Tutte le parti della pianta, tranne le radici, risultano tossiche per l'uomo e gli animali domestici[2]. I bambini sono coloro che vengono più frequentemente avvelenati dopo averne consumato le bacche. Sono noti casi in cui anche solo poche bacche sono risultate fatali. L'intossicazione si manifesta in genere 6 ore dopo l'ingestione: occorre rivolgersi immediatamente a un centro antiveleni. #byeù (presso Ascoli, Marche, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CThiAQEsdTg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[quintessentialarts]

Phytolacca americana (Poke) Flower Stud Earrings are now in my etsy shop! 🏵 https://www.etsy.com/listing/987640771/phytolacca-americana-pokeweed-flower

[quintessentialarts]

Where else can you get a pure silver Phytolacca americana (Poke) Necklace? 😏😆 A botanical experiment with the stunning poke plant, from a spray of its flowers. Matching stud earrings are available but currently unlisted 😅 https://www.etsy.com/listing/666091337/phytolacca-americana-pokeweed

[joearf]

2020.07.19: American Pokeweed (phytolacca americana) #riversidect #americanpokeweed #phytolaccaamericana #morningwalk #walkingaroundtown #walkingwithacamera (at Riverside, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1GFI3FeLx/?igshid=12o94iwcrg6b9

[hortushorrei]

This sport of Phytolacca americana comes back eyery year to surprise me with its unusual colour. #phytolaccaamericana #weeds #pokeweed #phytolaccaceae #donteatthoseberries #strangeplants (presso La Macchina Fissa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZS2sVlm7g/?igshid=emqs7tw5l3o1

[hortushorrei]

Phytolacca americana. Gardener, Beware!Lovely are their leaves in fall, brilliant is the stem, but take a look at that damned root! You'll ne'er get rid of them! #gardenpoetry #phytolaccaamericana #autumnleaves #pokeweed #ruralitaly #readingretreatsinruralitaly #lamacchinafissa #whatgrowsinmygarden #weeds (presso La Macchina Fissa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5XhY6aIsHu/?igshid=34o3kdyhttj1