Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Stewart, Amy, author. Title: Wicked plants : the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities / Amy Stewart ; etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs ; illustrations by Jonathon Rosen. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2009] Description: xvii, 235, 1 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Summary: Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Subjects: Poisonous plants. Dangerous plants. Other Author: Morrow-Cribbs, Briony, illustrator. Rosen, Jonathon, illustrator. Other Title: Weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities Weed that killed Lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-unnumbered page 236). Contents: 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 -- Manchineel 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 toxicodendrons -- 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. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 2009006192 ISBN: 9781565126831 1565126831 Other Number: 244420791 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 242013 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: 581.65 Stewart Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
