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About this item This fits your . Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, dragonberries, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 4 to 10 feet. It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white taproot. The flowers are green to white, followed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds such as gray catbird, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, and brown thrasher, as well as other birds and some small animals. The berries and the roots of pokeweed are highly poisonous to humans. Native Americans on the east coast of the United States used a dye from the berries as a red ink. Pokeweed might look decorative with large, smooth leaves, dark purple berries and green, red or purple stems, but it is an invasive plant. People have eaten pokeweed for a long time. That means it’s a traditional food and has traditional recipes. It’s not without risk, of course. If you don’t boil it long enough you’ll likely end up in the hospital. The idea has always been that people at this plant because it was something edible in the spring (even if you have to prepare it carefully). Interestingly, pokeweed is more toxic in the southern range of the plant, (as studied by Dr. Carin Baskett – see video below)
Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, dragonberries, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 4 to 10 feet.
It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white taproot.
The flowers are green to white, followed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds such as gray catbird, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, and brown thrasher, as well as other birds and some small animals.
The berries and the roots of pokeweed are highly poisonous to humans. Native Americans on the east coast of the United States used a dye from the berries as a red ink.
Pokeweed might look decorative with large, smooth leaves, dark purple berries and green, red or purple stems, but it is an invasive plant.
People have eaten pokeweed for a long time. That means it’s a traditional food and has traditional recipes. It’s not without risk, of course. If you don’t boil it long enough you’ll likely end up in the hospital. The idea has always been that people at this plant because it was something edible in the spring (even if you have to prepare it carefully). Interestingly, pokeweed is more toxic in the southern range of the plant, (as studied by Dr. Carin Baskett – see video below)
