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Wicked Plants : The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart; with etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs and illustrations by Jonathon Rosen is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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FromThey may look sweet and innocent, but anyone who has ever broken out in a rash after picking a hyacinth blossom or burst into violent sneezing after sniffing a chrysanthemum knows that often the most beautiful flowers can pack the nastiest punch. This comes as no secret to mystery writers, who have long taken advantage of the nefarious properties of common garden plants to create the devices by which a deadly dose of poison is administered to an unsuspecting victim. But, as Stewart so entertainingly points out, such fiction is based on pure fact. There are plants that can kill with a drop of nectar, paralyze with the brush of a petal. From bucolic woodland streams choked by invasive purple loosestrife to languid southern fields overrun by kudzu, some plants are just more trouble than they’re worth. Culling legend and citing science, Stewart’s fact-filled, A–Z compendium of nature’s worst offenders offers practical and tantalizing composite views of toxic, irritating, prickly, and all-around ill-mannered plants. --Carol Haggas Product DescriptionA tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and

Who reads Wicked Plants : The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities?

Author

Amy Stewart; with etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs and illustrations by Jonathon Rosen

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565129399

Category

science

Subjects

Gardening, Medical, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (5,411 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13