Yea; it is poke salad weed

My pawpper used to pull over on the highway in TX, and OK and dig this weed up then bring it home and cook it

""The poke weed, known for its poisonous roots, was particularly prized because it was the one weed that mother liked to cook with her meat. And because of the danger of harvesting a bit of the poison-filled root, she wouldn't trust anybody but herself to gather those "asparagus" shoots of the poke. I don't recall how mother cooked the poke shoots. I just know they were delicious.""""
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Blaghhhhukkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!