Wicked Plants : The A-z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed thatstops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbingplant that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war.Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred ofMother Nature’s most appalling creations in an A to Z ofplants that kill, maim, intoxicate and otherwise offend.Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portraitof evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front)garden. Drawing on history, medicine, science and legend,this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain,enlighten and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners andnature lovers.