Wicked plants at exhibition in San Francisco

Wicked plants at exhibition in San FranciscoDavid Pescovitz in 3:53 PM Monday, Apr 11, 2011

(Totnesmartin photo/Wikimedia Commons)

San Francisco's beautiful Conservatory of flowers is hosting an exhibition entitled "Wicked plants," all about poisonous plants and their castor bean, to Hemlock--producing place in the history of the deadly ricin-aka "dead men's oatmeal" (see above), to white Liatris Spicata, the weed that has Abe Lincoln's MOM. The exhibit is named for Amy Stewart's "Wicked plants: botanical villains & assassins" book tells true tales this fear of flora. For example, in the year 1978 was Bulgarian dissident journalist Georgi Markov, equipped with a sack on his leg from an umbrella with ricin murdered. The Conservatory of flowers:

as visitors enter the exhibition, they find themselves in a mysterious, unwanted yard behind a dilapidated old Victorian house. Peeking through the window, it is clear that a crime has taken place only. A man is on for a table, a Cup in her hand fell lifeless, as flees the Lady of the House in the background. Crows CAW, and creaks a rusty gate. In the overgrown Garden, rise of a rebellious thicket assured Moss statues of seductive plants. Beautiful flowers and sparkling berries enchant the eye, but you consider these plants warned - have names such as deadly nightshade, poison hemlock and white Liatris Spicata. Here are some of the biggest killer of all time.

"Wicked plants: botanical villains & killer" (Conservatory of flowers)

"Wicked plants: botanical villains & assassins" by Amy Stewart (Amazon)

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