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TitleNeedlebush - I wonder why they call it that?
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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Description
Grab a load of the ends of these leaves. Easily penetrating the skin, the pointy ends break off leaving near-invisible splinters that readily become infected. Bushy needlebush, Hakea sericea. Dharawal Nature Reserve, NSW Australia, March 2009.
Original URLhttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3623/3375494690_0239c4ed0b_o.jpg
photographerJohn Tann
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith