Phytolaccaceae

Southern pokeweed

Phytolacca bogotensis Kunth

Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Phytolacca

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Southern pokeweed (Phytolacca bogotensis) — FlowerPhoto: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Southern pokeweed

Synonyms

Phytolacca australis Phil.
Phytolacca micrantha H.Walter
Phytolacca parviflora Hauman

Flowers

In flower: December to September (from 167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Manuel Roncal, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Luis Fernando Mondragon Mejia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: RJ Baltierra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Megustanlasframbuesas, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: leila maia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Loren Cassin Sackett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Courtney Cromwell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.