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Description edit
A tree that sheds poison daggers, a glistening red seed that stops the heart, a shrub that causes paralysis, a vine that strangles, a leaf that triggered a war, and beans that tell the truth. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s... read more
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First Sentence edit
In 1856 a dinner party in the Scottish village of Dingwall came to a horrible end.
Table of Contents edit
Consider Yourself Warned
Aconite
Arrow Poisons
Ayahuasca Vine and Chacruna
Betel Nut
Castor Bean
Ordeal Poisons
Coca
Coyotillo
This Houseplant Could Be Your Last
Deadly Nightshade
Death Camas
Deadly Dinner
Ergot
Fatal Fungus
Habanero Chili
Henbane
The Devil's Bartender
Iboga
Jimson Weed
Botanical Crime Families
Khat
Killer Algae
Stop and Smell the Ragweed
Kudzu
Lawn of Death
Mala Mujer
Here Comes the Sun
Machineel Tree
Don't Look Now
Mandrake
Marijuana
Oleander
Forbidden Garden
Opium Poppy
Dreadful Bouquet
Peacock flower
Peyote Cactus
Psychedelic Plants
Poison Hemlock
Purple Loosestrife
Weeds of Mass Destruction
Ratbane
Rosary Pea
The Terrible Toxicondendrons
Sago Palm
More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
Stinging Tree
Meet the Nettles
Strychnine Tree
Suicide Tree
Carnivores
Tobacco
Toxic Blue-Green Algae
Duck and Cover
Water Hemlock
Water Hyacinth
Social Misfits
Whistling Thorn Acacia
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
White Snakeroot
Don't Tread on Me
Yew
Authors & Contributors edit
- Amy Stewart (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Graphix
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780545210270
Page Count: 267
Publisher: Graphix
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780545210270
Page Count: 267
Awards edit
- Amazon.com's Best Books (November 2009: Editors' Picks, #51)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 581.65
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