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☘️ plant allies- American Pokeweed ☠️
Phytolacca americana
Aka. Dragonberry, poke, poke sallet, inkberry, Virginia poke, pokeberry, redweed, red ink plant, chuixù shãnglù, shang lu, florist lu, wild rouge, white chicken leg, poke salad, puccoon, pocan, poughkone, coakum, cocan, crowberry, target, ombú, pigeon berry, pircunia, pocan, pokebush, scoke...
General info. This perennial is native to the eastern United States. Introduced elsewhere. They are also considered a pest by farmers. They get 4-10 ft tall(1-3 meters) and grow in disturbed areas and forest clearings. Birds enjoy them, mammals do not (usually). The taproot is the most toxic part of the plant. They're grown as ornamental plants, traditional medicine, food, and dye. YOUNG, Properly cooked Pokeweed is edible. They were once canned and sold. They were also used to treat skin diseases and rheumatism.
The "poke" in their name is a corruption of "puccoon, pocan, poughkone" Algonquin words for the plant.
Symbolism. Courage, break hexes. Masculine, mars, fire. 🔥
What does it mean to you?
Sources.
Wikipedia Phytolacca americana
Complete language of Flowers by S. Theresa Dietz
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham
A few days ago at Backbone State Park this Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) was visible from a distance with its bright yellow flowers.
Yellow Pucoon