Photo: #Amy Stewart, author most recently of "Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother, and Other Botanical Atrocities." She lives in Northern California.
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Amy Stewart, author most recently of "Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother, and Other Botanical Atrocities." She lives in Northern California. (Photo by KC Kratt)

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Amy Stewart on "Wicked Plants"

Broadcast: Midmorning, 10/27/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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You probably have plants in your garden, weeds that annoy you. Author Amy Stewart investigates the plants that kill, if you get too close.

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  • Amy Stewart: Author of "Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities." She's also the author of "Flower Confidential."

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