Not kidding! This is serious stuff. If you hate poison oak, sumac or ivy...BEWARE! Be very afraid. The toxicity of this plant is so fiery that you'll be begging for a knife at your heart. The LA times just had an article again on this plant, which grows in abundance on burn sites. Google or Bing Poodle-dog plant and learn. Don't even get near this stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle-dog_bush