What kind of environment is suitable for pokeweed to grow in?
When I was little, I often saw a kind of purplish-red fruit around the front and back of the house, and girls would also use it to dye their nails. This beautiful plant has a very literary name, called pokeweed. Come and get to know this plant with the editor.
Phytolaccaceae genus
Phytolaccaceae, genus Phytolacca, Latin scientific name Phytolacca acinosa Roxb
Pokeweed alternate names
Zhangliu, large amaranth, mountain radish, jianzhongxiao, daoshuilian, jinqiniang, zhumu'er, baimuji
Pokeweed distribution
Pokeweed is widely distributed in the red soil hilly areas south of the Yangtze River, and is mainly produced in North China and Central China. Among the varieties currently distributed in our country, the main ones are pokeweed and drooping pokeweed.
Pokeweed morphological characteristics
Pokeweed is a perennial herbaceous plant, and the surface of the whole plant is hairless. It has a conical fleshy root, relatively thick, with the outer skin of the root appearing light yellow or grayish-brown, and the inner surface yellow-white; the pokeweed stem is upright, cylindrical, with longitudinal grooves on the surface. The stem is green in young parts and purplish-red in old parts, and is much branched; the leaves are ovate, with a thin papery feel, the leaf apex is acuminate, the base is wedge-shaped and gradually narrowed, the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves are scattered with tiny white spots, and the midvein on the lower surface of the leaf is raised. Pokeweed has a spike inflorescence, blooms in summer and autumn, and the flowers are white. It has eight separate carpels. The berry is purplish-black, oblate, and grows in clusters.
Pokeweed growing environment
Pokeweed has very strong vitality and is distributed in plains, hills, and mountainous areas, and is commonly seen by roadsides and around the front and back of houses. Pokeweed likes warm and humid climatic conditions, and the suitable growing temperature is between 14~30°C; after autumn, the aboveground part of pokeweed withers after the leaves fall, while the underground fleshy root can withstand low temperatures of -15°C, and when it is warm the next year, the fleshy root sprouts and drives the growth of the aboveground part; pokeweed has very strong adaptability to soil and has no special requirements for soil, so it can basically grow in any soil.
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