The height of pokeweed is about 1 to 2 meters. The stem is upright or scattered, cylindrical, sometimes purple.
The stem of commercial road is upright, cylindrical, with longitudinal groove, fleshy, green or red purple.
The leaves of Phytolacca americana are large, long oval or oval, tender, about 15 to 30 cm long and 3 to 10 cm wide.
The leaves of the commercial road are thin paper, oval, long oval or lanceolate oval, 10 to 30 cm long and 4.5 to 15 cm wide, sharp at the top, wedge-shaped at the base, and gradually narrow.
Racemes erect, terminal or lateral, ca. 15 cm long, apex acute. The flower is white, slightly reddish.
The raceme of the trade way is terminal or opposite to the leaf, cylindrical, with white flowers.