Voll fiese Flora

Strong-charactered poisonous plants. Who would guess that parsley, the queen of keeping distance, can serve as a role model during pandemic times? Or that rhododendron contains one of the oldest drugs, and that the cyclamen is not a violet at all, but a secret agent? Monika Geier portrays 30 more or less familiar plants, reveals a garden secret here and there, and explores botanical heroines and gangsterism. What tales and stories lie behind the bad reputation of this wicked flora – more than just intoxication and prejudice?.