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

[yogihikes at sbcglobal.net (yogi)]

The Poodle-Dog Bush got me in 2003!  The guidebook 
warns hikers about it just south of Walker Pass.  
It got me good all over my legs.  Those are not 
fond memories.
 
yogi
www.pcthandbook.som
 
 


Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@isi.edu> wrote: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
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