OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phytolacca rigida   FAMILY Phytolaccaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Phytolacca rigida, Maritime Pokeweed

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).

image of Phytolacca rigida, Maritime Pokeweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_phytolacca_rigida_4

July        

image of Phytolacca rigida, Maritime Pokeweed

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3756

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: dune slacks, dune slopes, edges of tidal marshes, disturbed areas on barrier islands, xeric sandhills near the coast, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
5 sepals
Petals absent
5-30 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-black
Berry

 

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