Pokeweed
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Pokeweed
Names: Phytolacca americana, common pokeweed
Description: Perennial that looks tree-like and can grow up to ten feet. Stalk is smooth, hollow and deep red / purple. Leaves are large and elliptical and alternate on stem. Flowers grow in drooping clusters and are white / green. Fruit is purple and grape-like and droop from plant.
Concern level: High because it is palatable to grazers.
Toxic parts: The entire plant is toxic, concentration of toxins in the roots.
Symptoms: Burning of the mouth, stomach pain, bloody diarrhea, gastrointestinal upset, colic, birth defects, tumors
Danger: Contains a phytolaccotoxin alkaloid which can be fatal.
More information: Wayne’s World
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