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Don't Touch the Purple Ones!

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Real Estate Agent with Realty ONE Group, Mountain Desert ADRE#542788000

It is that time of year again.  Spring is in the air and spring flowers are beginning to sprout.  In Lake Havasu City, we have pretty purple wildflowers that can blanket some areas.  If you come in contact with Scorpion Weed you could have a similar reaction as touching poison ivy or poison oak!  The plant blooms between February and May and produces violet, bell shaped flowers which have 5 rounded petals. The plant gets its name from its curling flower head, which resembles a scorpion’s tail.

I remember when I moved to Havasu no one mentioned “scorpion weed.”  My first experience in picking the weeds in my yard resulted in a serious rash on my hands.  Needless to say, I never did that again!  Scorpion weed grows rapidly and picks out of the ground easily….just use protection when dealing with these desert wildflowers…Enjoy them from a distance!

Scorpion Weed in Havasu

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.  I would love to hear from YOU!

     Lori Dee Doerfler, Associate Broker

 RE/MAX Prestige Properties

(928) 208-9827 Mobile/Direct

www.LoriDee.com

 Real Estate in Lake Havasu City

"Serving the Lake Havasu City Community”

 

 

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Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker
Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX
Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!
Sounds like a really noxious weed to me. We had a list of those considered noxious when we worked in Colorado.
Mar 04, 2013 06:11 AM
Lori Dee Doerfler
Realty ONE Group, Mountain Desert - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Helping NEGOTIATE through the real estate noise!

Hi Jeanne and Ralph...I read a story by one of the Havasu area pioneers about a young student picked a bouquet of these flowers and gave them to an unsuspecting teacher.  No malice intended.  Thank you for stopping by.

Mar 04, 2013 06:21 AM
Kathy Stoltman
Ventura, CA
RETIRED

I never knew this.  I do not think we have many of these in Ventura near the ocean, but I would not be surprised if some of the hotter climate areas nearby do. Good to know, thanks

Mar 04, 2013 06:37 AM
Lori Dee Doerfler
Realty ONE Group, Mountain Desert - Lake Havasu City, AZ
Helping NEGOTIATE through the real estate noise!

Hi Kathy...I was from Thousand Oaks, CA before moving permanently to our vacation home in Havasu over 10 years ago.  I had never seen them before moving here.  It is not that we are over run with them...just to be aware.  Thank you for stopping by.  

Mar 04, 2013 06:52 AM