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Phytolacca americana

Puarangi Stream, Rotorua. Mar 2008.<br>Photographer: Matt Renner, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Puarangi Stream, Rotorua. Mar 2008.<br>Photographer: Matt Renner, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

pokeweed

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Phytolaccaceae

Authority

Phytolacca americana L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1950

Origin

E. U.S.A.

Other information

Etymology

americana: Of South America