[pct-l] Poodle bush

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Whew! That would have been horrible. I'm so lucky I never touched it  
either. I was so fasciinated by how beautiful they were and I  
remember sniffing to see if they were fragrant and walking up to the  
prettiest ones to take a picture. It's a wonder I didn't touch any.

Diane

On Feb 27, 2012, at 9:47 AM, aslive at charter.net wrote:

> Diane
>
> Thanks for the picture of Poodle brush.  I live in the mountains  
> and have been tempted to transplant some of this to my yard.  It  
> was only my personal belief that one should not take from the  
> forest that kept me from experiencing the blistering and itching  
> that I would have well disserved had I tried to transplant it.
>
> Shepherd
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes  
> wrote:
>
>> I have a picture. This was near Hikertown and was in full bloom.  
>> The flowers make you want to get close to them, but don't. Pay  
>> attention to the leaves although I didn't get very many in the  
>> shot. It sort of looks like yerba santa, which is also common on  
>> the trail. Easy to find pictures online.
>> http://tinyurl.com/7zd7g8t
>>
>>
>> On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>>> Just a  reminder that there are huge amiunts of poodle bush in  
>>> the area of the Station Fire in the San Gabriels.  This is a  
>>> plant  whose seeds germinate after a fire.  They can be up to 5  
>>> or 6 feet  in height, green drooping leaves, purple flowers (I  
>>> think  flowerring might be over).  They can cause reactions such  
>>> as the  blistering and itching one gets from poison oak, which  
>>> can last up  to 2 weeks.  Not sure if there is an oil involved,  
>>> but I think they  have tiny hairs. I was up there this past w/e  
>>> and it was growing  very close beside a lot of the trail, and in  
>>> some cases the trail  is very narrow indeed. I'll try and find a  
>>> link to pics.
>>>
>>> Boomerang
>>
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