''Phytolacca pruinosa'', the Levantine pokeweed, is a species of plant in the

Phytolaccaceae Phytolaccaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. Though almost universally recognized by Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists, its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family. The APG II system, of 2003 (unch ...

family. It is a perennial bearing green flowers which become red on maturity. Fruits are black berries.Flora of Cyprus Volume 2,

Robert Desmond Meikle Robert Desmond Meikle OBE (18 May 1923 – 8 February 2021) was a British botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life and career Meikle was born in May 1923 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. He became most notable for hi ...

, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985,

Habitat

Roadsides, dry rocky hillsides and forest clearings; 3000–5600 feet altitude; flowers from April to July.

Distribution

Southern

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

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and in the

Troödos Mountains Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; el, Τρόοδος ; tr, Trodos Dağları) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus ( el, Όλυμπος), also known as Chion ...

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References

External links

* http://www.turkherb.ibu.edu.tr/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=1991 * 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 {{Taxonbar, from=Q16967034 pruinosa Flora of Turkey Flora of Cyprus Flora of Lebanon and Syria