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Phytolacca pruinosa
Levantine pokeweed is a perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean and Levant, growing wild on roadsides and dry rocky hillsides. It is grown mainly as an ornamental for its red-tinted flowers and black berries, and it tolerates dry, rough sites.
Phytolacca pruinosa, the Levantine pokeweed, is a species of plant in the Phytolaccaceae family. It is a perennial bearing green flowers which become red on maturity. Fruits are black berries.
Roadsides, dry rocky hillsides and forest clearings; 3000–5600 feet altitude; flowers from April to July.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phytolacca pruinosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
