title: Phytolacca pruinosa
text: # Phytolacca pruinosa
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  