He plucks a head and taps me on the nose with it, his voice crisp but not clipped, cool but not distant. Like he’s a teacher. Or an especially good student. “The flowers grow on bushes that may become big enough to resemble trees, but they never have a trunk. Blooms burst from their stems in a spray and are pale yellow or pure cream in colour. The leaves have serrated edges and are commonly found in groups of five. Not to be confused with cow parsley, which is whiter and tends not to have the accompanying leaves, or prycantha, which are paler, larger, and packed more closely together.” He
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