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

by Amy Stewart

Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator) and Jonathon Rosen (Illustrator)

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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).

  • ISBN13 9781565126831
  • Publish Date 1 May 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 15 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English