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LONDON — The bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers of Gelsemium elegans are only found among the foothills and mountains of Asia. Beautiful to look at, they trigger a rapid assault on the nerve and respiratory systems when swallowed.

The plant’s deadly qualities were first identified in the 1870s by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Despite warnings that the Kremlin wanted Alexander Perepilichnyy dead, modern British detectives concluded that there was nothing suspicious in his sudden collapse during a run in the suburbs outside London in November 2012.

Despite warnings that the Kremlin wanted the 44-year-old whistleblower dead, British detectives eventually concluded that Perepilichnyy’s death was not suspicious.