Hardcover • 2009 • English

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities

Name: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities
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ISBN: 9781565126831

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About the book

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 one...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781565126831

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities

Format

Hardcover

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