Phytolacca americana

Common names: Virginian Poke

Genus: Phytolacca

Species: Phytolacca decandra

Class: Decandria

Order: Decagynia

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Phytolacca

Modern Species: Phytolacca americana

Modern Family: Phytolaccaceae

Plant Type: hardy perennial

Color: greenish white

Season: July

Native Region: Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Barbary, Virginia, New England and Jamaica (perhaps imported to Europe from America)

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum