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

28 Ratings

4

Duration
4H 28min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

Beware! The sordid lives of plants behaving badly.

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. Amy Stewart, bestselling author of Flower Confidential, takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.

Stewart renders a vivid portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. 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.

© 2011 Tantor Media (Audiobook): 9781452672847

Release date

Audiobook: 15 June 2011

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