Phytolacca pruinosa
Species of flowering plant
| Phytolacca pruinosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ Flora of Cyprus Volume 2, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985, ISBN 0950487643
External links
- http://www.turkherb.ibu.edu.tr/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=1991[permanent dead link]
- http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=788875
- http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=95527&PTRefFk=7300000
- https://archive.today/20140127110851/http://yabanibitkiler.blogspot.no/2011/10/phytolacca-pruinosa-fenzl-guvercin.html
