Ragweed Allergy
Saturday August 4, 2007
Ragweed will soon be blooming in many parts of North America -- which means cases of ragweed allergy will be ballooning! A leaf from a common ragweed plant is pictured at right. 
Along with its cousin, giant ragweed, this plant is responsible for the ragweed allergy from which so many of us suffer this time of year. But, sly weed that it is, ragweed has managed to find a scapegoat in another weed that is now in bloom: goldenrod. Being by far the more conspicuous of the two, with its attractive yellow plumes, the well-known goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for our runny noses and itchy eyes. Meanwhile, many people walk right past the true culprit for ragweed allergy every day, without being able to identify the plant.
Read article: "Ragweed Allergy"
Along with its cousin, giant ragweed, this plant is responsible for the ragweed allergy from which so many of us suffer this time of year. But, sly weed that it is, ragweed has managed to find a scapegoat in another weed that is now in bloom: goldenrod. Being by far the more conspicuous of the two, with its attractive yellow plumes, the well-known goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for our runny noses and itchy eyes. Meanwhile, many people walk right past the true culprit for ragweed allergy every day, without being able to identify the plant.
Read article: "Ragweed Allergy"
Comments
Ilive in Australia and ragweed has found it’s way here and it has given me a lot of health issues such as weeping blisters and welts and through not knowing what caused these problems it went on to give asthma at 56 years old allergies to many other pollens.