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Phytolacca Americana, or Pokeweed, is a herbaceous plant up to 2.5 meters tall, and native to North America. The plant is very toxic to mammals, especially the berries. Due to the risk from the toxins (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More succinctly, they are magic berries that will make you not a mammal.

I used to see this all the time up in Virginia and never had any idea what to call it. My shock at seeing anything with a hot pink stem for the first time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The color is associated with the toxin if it’s not actually the toxin itself. You can eat (after boiling and draining the water repeatedly) the leaves of a young plant before the stems start turning colors. They used to eat them during the Great Depression because they grow so easy.