Herbarium of the Bizarre

Wolfsbane

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a.k.a Monkshood or Aconite

This episode has it all: murderers, witches, werewolves, vampires, and tips for your poison garden! And it would have been on time, if not for Spectrum. 😒


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  2. https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/monsters_magic_and_monkshood
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  5. https://www.drugs.com/npp/aconite.html
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  7. Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants by Fez Inkwright (2021)
  8. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-toxic-root-president-four-patients-hospital-poisoning/31215533.html
  9. https://www.uaex.uada.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/aconitum-napellus-monkshood-wolfsbane-05-13-2016.aspx
  10. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum
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