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Poisons
The deadly, the dangerous, and those that walk the razor's edge. These plants do not forgive ignorance.
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5 specimens
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Atropa belladonna
The beautiful lady who grants visions — and silence.
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
The heart that heals you can also be the hand that stops yours.
Hemlock
Conium maculatum
It smells of mice and cold stone. It grows where the dead have been.
Henbane
Hyoscyamus niger
The smell of it alone is a warning. Few plants are this honest.
Mandrake
Mandragora officinarum
A root that screams, a root that heals — sometimes the same root.