Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities: Library Edition

from frisbeesage

Amy Stewart documents the bad behavior of naughty botanicals in her "Wicked Plants". This bad behavior ranges in classification from Painful, Illegal, Dangerous and Intoxicating to Deadly. Some will not surprise you, most people know that poison ivy causes a rash, that smoking tobacco can kill yo...

from richardderus

Rating: 3.5* of five The Book Report: Bite-sized reports of the horrible horrible scary itchy deadly horrible doings of the Kingdom Plantae. Illustrated with beautiful woodcuts by [[Briony Morrow-Cribbs]], that are, by themselves, worth the price of the book. My Review: I swear I have never bathe...

from MrsLee

I may never garden, hike or go outside again! Eeeeek! They are out to get us, and I'm not sure how we've survived this long. If you don't get the lesson by the end of this book that it's a bad idea to go on a tasting spree with unknown (and often known) plants, then you never will, and the best o...

from krau0098

I saw this book and just thought it would be an interesting read. Besides who can resist the title "Wicked Plants"? Basically the book goes through many different types of plants that are "Wicked". This means they are either deadly, illegal, destructive, painful, intoxicating, or dangerous...you ...

from ckspores

Wicked Plants is a fascinating and wonderful collection of facts, stories, and information on a variety of intoxicating, illegal, dangerous, and deadly plants-many of which you might be surprised to realize you grow, care for, expose your children and/or pets to, or eat on a regular basis. Amy St...