Poke Root

Poke root (Phytolacca americana) is a flowering shrub with red-pink stems and the plant is generally seen as an annoying weed.

Poke root has many names, including: poke weed

Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family.

Pokeweed is native to eastern North America, the Midwest, and the South, with more scattered populations in the far West where it was introduced.