SuitabookPlants beyond the familiar
The book focuses on plants selected for being especially stinky, strange or deadly, including the Venus flytrap and pitcher plant.
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Katharine Kenah - Author
A lively introduction to plants that are unusual because they are smelly, strange or dangerous. The Venus flytrap and pitcher plant are specifically highlighted, making this a potential springboard for curiosity about surprising plant adaptations.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively introduction to plants that are unusual because they are smelly, strange or dangerous. The Venus flytrap and pitcher plant are specifically highlighted, making this a potential springboard for curiosity about surprising plant adaptations.
The book focuses on plants selected for being especially stinky, strange or deadly, including the Venus flytrap and pitcher plant.
Some plants are presented as ‘deadliest’, so the book may frame plants through danger as well as curiosity. The available details do not show how much attention it gives to risk, scientific explanation or reassuring context.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.