dangerous plants

Profiles types of dangerous or disgusting plants that contain spikes or thorns, poisons, and foul smells. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Presents a history of botanical medicine that investigates how plants have rightly and wrongly been used to treat diseases, heal wounds, and ease the mind.

A collection of facts and statistics about dangerous and/or nasty things in nature, on the Earth, in space, the human body, science, places, sports, culture, and the past.

Presents information on dangerous plants and their defense mechanisms.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on two hundred plants that are deadly, intoxicating, or offensive, and includes illustrations.

Describes twenty-four dangerous mushrooms and other plants, from aconite to water hemlock.

Examines twenty-four dangerous plants found in the world, from the agave to the snow-on-the-mountain.

Photographs, fact boxes, and text provide descriptions of ten deadly plants, including rhubarb, azalea, and oleander.

Introduces stinging plants, poisonous plants, and plants that eat animals.