Wicked Plants By Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill: Summary

Amy Stewart wrote Wicked Plants which was published in 2009 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. This book is a nonfiction book about the effects of different plants. Poisonous plants are dangerous and Amy Stewart describes the depths of what these plants can accomplish. This book goes into depth to describe the injuries different plants can cause. It is broken up into many sections, deadly, intoxicated, dangerous, illegal, destructive, painful, and offensive. At the end of the book, a plant called ipecacuanha, which is a flowering shrub in Brazil, is talked about. This plant when made into syrup that causes the person to vomit. This may not sound like an antidote, but it can help save someone who has been poisoned by any of the plants