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| The following plant is growing in my friends yard, any idea what it is?
Paul |
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 10, 11 at 23:25
| It's poke weed I believe. |
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| Definitely Poke berries, Phytolacca americana. I've got about a thousand of them! Native, birds LOVE the berries, but boy is it an aggressive spreader and it has a thick fleshy tap root. |
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| Ha, It might be a poke weed. Ironically I actually ate some poke weed before, but it was much smaller and look more like white asparagus with yellow leaves. Paul |
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| It is pokeweed, the berries turn purple when they ripen. Karen |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 11, 11 at 9:42
| yes.. pokeweed ... poisonous unless properly researched.. do not eat it roots that make horseradish look tame ... check out the link thoroughly and completely invasive due to the two bazillion seed it will produce... any piece of root left in the ground.. will resprout.. round up 100% on the cut stalk should do it.. repeat if necessary ... get rid of it immediately.. or you will live to regret it.. if it doesnt sneak in and kill you in the night.. lol ken |
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