Re: RE: RE: RE: allergies

> From: gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
> It only does this on mornings I wake up and she's in the bed.  Rest
of the time OK.  What the heck does ragweed look like anyway?
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Ragweed is a sneaky plant; so unprepossessing it hides easily in
taller plants.  It, not goldenrod, is the culprit this time of year;
emitting billions of pollen grains that are carried on the wind.  

Here's a photo of a young plant:

http://stephenville.tamu.edu/~butler/foragesoftexas/weedcontrol/cpastu
res/wsbl/images/ragweed.jpg

Here's one of a mature plant just starting to flower - you have to
look really close to find the flowers...they look like fatter tips to
the stems:

http://snipurl.com/8u2d

Here's a page with several pix + info. with some close-ups of the
flowers:

http://snipurl.com/8u2g

Here's a photo of the pollen grain magnified.....you can see why they
are irritating to nasal membranes!

http://snipurl.com/index.php

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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