Pokeweed

Pokeweed berries (also known as ink berries) grow in clusters, like grapes, and ripen from white to green to rose and finally purple.

Berries and Seeds 2010

Pokeweed is one of my all-time favorite plants, especially in fall with its stunning red leaves and those purple berries.

Berries For MMD « Fairegarden 2008

"That's almost word for word what she said when I ac­cused her of lumping me in with Pokeweed and Staggerbush."

Fox Evil Walters, Minette 2002

Pokeweed and Staggerbush are brilliantly evocative, so presumably Mandrake was intended to be, too.

Fox Evil Walters, Minette 2002

When the Pokeweed is "all on fire with ripeness," as Thoreau said; when the stout vigorous stem (which he coveted for a cane), the large leaves, and even the footstalks, take on splendid tints of crimson lake, and the dark berries hang heavy with juice in the thickets, then the birds, with increased hungry families, gather in flocks as a preliminary step to travelling southward.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

Pokeweed is at home in various states, Maine to Minnesota,

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888

Pokeweed comes under the heading of poisonous plants though its berries are eaten by birds, and its young shoots are said to be almost equal in flavor, and quite as wholesome, as asparagus.

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888

Pokeweed is a native American, and what a lusty, royal plant it is!

The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

Check out illustrator Drew Pocza's fun new web comic, Pokeweed!

LCSV4 The Illustration News Portal maysum 2010

Pokeweed berries yield a red ink or dye, which was once used by Native Americans to decorate their horses.

Find Me A Cure 2009