Phytolaccaceae
Venezuelan pokeweed
Phytolacca rivinoides
- Family
- Phytolaccaceae
- Genus
- Phytolacca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- صبغة نهرية
- English
- Venezuelan pokeweed
Synonyms
- Phytolacca acuminata hort. ex Moq.
- Phytolacca icosandra var. fraseri Moq.
- Phytolacca macrostachya Willd. ex J.A.Schmidt
- Phytolacca polystigma Benth. ex J.A.Schmidt
- Phytolacca polystyla Schomb. ex Moq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: keesgroenendijk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: keesgroenendijk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.