Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature\'s most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants That kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
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..
Menacing Botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers That may be lurking in your own backyard.
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).
It\'s an A to Z of plants That kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
In Wicked Plants , Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature\'s most appalling creations.
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.
Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature\'s most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants That kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend
