[pct-l] Beware the Poodle-dog Bush!

[rogers at isi.edu (Craig Milo Rogers)]

	Poison oak's not the only obnoxious plant in southern
California.  Beware the poodle-dog bush, Turricula parryi!  It grows
particularly in recently-burned areas, of which we have a few in the
San Bernardino mountains. It has beautiful deep-blue flowers, but
don't touch it!  The plant contains chemicals tha irritate the skin.
Smelling it's a no-no, too.  Apparently it's been enough of a problem
for hikers that the California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection issued a warning recently.

http://www.kbhr933.com/bigbearnews.php
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1074.htm
http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/poodledogbush.html
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-os-pesky15mar15,1,7966929.story?coll=la-health-medicine

					Craig "Computer" Rogers