Ripe pokeweed berries

Two weeks ago I posted an entry about a pokeweed plant I photographed while running in Morton Grove's Linne Woods. Included was a picture of unripe berries--but now they are ripe.

Oh, they're toxic. Don't eat them.

Earlier Morton Grove wildflower posts:

• Pokeweed in Morton Grove
• Common mullein
• Tiger swallowtail and thistle
• Morton Grove's August mayapples
• Orange daylilies
• Giant nodding thistle invades Morton Grove!
• Large-flowered coreopsis
• Ohio spiderwort
• Blue flag iris after a prescribed burn
• After a prescribed burn: Morton Grove's brown lands
• Daisies in Morton Grove
• Common cinquefoil
• Woodland phlox
• Wild geraniums
• Virginia bluebells
• Mayapples
• Red trillium
• On this day: Linnaeus publishes major work; Morton Grove trillium
• Blue violet, Illinois' state flower