\nI live maybe two kilometres from the seashore, but seldom go there. When I do, I notice plants abundant there, but not in my neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\nA few days back, visiting the seashore, I noticed a plant I’ve seen many times before, but never looked up. It turns out to be entire-leaved gumweed, of the Aster family. Most telling were the spikes (called involucral bracts, apparently), covered with sticky resin, around and beneath the flower heads. The flowers themselves were yellow, rather like small sunflowers. The plants were over half a metre tall.<\/p>\n
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Mackinnon, Andy, Jim Pojar, et al. Plants of Coastal British Columbia.<\/em> Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about identifying plants in the field: the tutor mentions entire-leaved gumweed. I live maybe two kilometres from the seashore, but seldom go there. When I do, I notice plants abundant there, but not in my neighborhood. A few days …<\/p>\n