Phytolacca americana L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 American Pokeweed
🇫🇷 Phytolaque d’Amérique, Raisin d’Amérique, Phytolaque américaine, Laque végétale

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Subfamily: Phytolaccoideae
Genus: Phytolacca
Species: Phytolacca americana

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. americana var. americana L., 1753, I;
P. americana var. rigida (Small) Caulkins & R.E.Wyatt, 1991.

Photographs

img/phytolacca-americana.webp — Phytolacca americana

img/phytolacca-americana-2.webp — Phytolacca americana

img/phytolacca-americana-3.webp — Phytolacca americana - Leaf

img/phytolacca-americana-4.webp — Phytolacca americana - Fruits

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 880). Biotope.