false 74785755 2179937 6106482 1565126831 9781565126831 94 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/61/482/6106482-m-1255884500.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/61/482/6106482-s-1255884500.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6106482.Wicked_Plants_The_Weed_That_Killed_Lincoln_s_Mother_and_Other_Botanical_Atrocities 3.84 256 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).

Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. 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.
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