Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants that Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend

Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants that Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend
ISBN-10
1604691271
ISBN-13
9781604691276
Category
Dangerous plants
Pages
235
Language
English
Published
2010
Authors
Amy Stewart, Briony Morrow-Cribbs

Description

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate and otherwise offend. Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden. Drawing on history, medicine, science and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

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