Pokeweeds

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Pokeweed Family - Phytolaccaceae

American Pokeweed      Phytolacca americana

Native to North America but widely introduced elsewhere around the world. Flowers usually whitish, becoming pink with age. Carpels 10, fused, forming a single berry as they ripen. Stamens 10 in one whorl. Fruiting spikes become pendulous as the develop.

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