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

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities    By Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator), Amy Stewart, Jonathon Rosen (Drawings by) Cover Image
By Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator), Amy Stewart, Jonathon Rosen (Drawings by)
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Description


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).

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.

About the Author


Briony Morrow-Cribbs studied studied art at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and currently lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she owns and operates Twin Vixen Press.

Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer. When she isn't writing, she's making art, which you can see on Instagram, or teaching art and writing classes online.



Product Details
ISBN: 9781565126831
ISBN-10: 1565126831
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication Date: May 21st, 2009
Pages: 256
Language: English

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