Biology:Phytolacca pruinosa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Phytolacca pruinosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Phytolacca
Species:
P. pruinosa
Binomial name
Phytolacca pruinosa
Fenzl

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.[1]

Habitat

Roadsides, dry rocky hillsides and forest clearings; 3000–5600 feet altitude; flowers from April to July.

Distribution

Southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and in the Troödos Mountains of Cyprus.

References

  1. Flora of Cyprus Volume 2, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985, ISBN:0950487643

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16967034 entry