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An edition of Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (2009)

Wicked Plants

A Book of Botanical Atrocities

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An edition of Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (2009)

Wicked Plants

A Book of Botanical Atrocities

1st ed.

by

  • 4.2 (6 ratings)
  • 29 Want to read
  • 8 Have read

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You'll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother).Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Language
English
Pages
235

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Poisonous plants Dangerous plants Gardening Nature Nonfiction Botany, dictionaries nyt:hardcover-advice=2009-08-23 New York Times bestseller
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Wicked Plants
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Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities
2009, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Table of Contents

Murder & mayhem
Blisters, boils, & gashes
Drunk & disorderly
Offensive, unwelcome, & ill-mannered.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Chapel Hill, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
581.6/5
Library of Congress
QK100.A1 S74 2009, QK100.A1S74 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
235

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23165100M
ISBN 13
9781565126831
LCCN
2009006192
OCLC/WorldCat
244420791
LibraryThing
8040762
Goodreads
6106482

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Work ID
OL8568631W

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