Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phytolacca rigida
FAMILY
Phytolaccaceae
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Read more about Maritime Pokeweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
FAMILY
Phytolaccaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 068-01-001?:
Phytolacca americana FAMILY Phytolaccaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phytolacca rigida
COMMON NAME:
Maritime Pokeweed
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861436294884
July Georgetown County SC
Maritime Pokeweed is a more rigid plant than P. americana, and its racemes are shorter & erect, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phytolacca_rigida_4b
July
The raceme is erect (rarely divergent) in flower and fruit, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phytolacca rigida
FAMILY
Phytolaccaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
FAMILY
Phytolaccaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Phytolacca americana var. rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 068-01-001?:
Phytolacca americana
FAMILY
Phytolaccaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phytolacca rigida
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