Poisonous Plants
More Summer Safety Tips
Ingestion of even small amounts of certain plants can be harmful or fatal to a pet. Symptoms of plant poisoning include: irritation to skin and/or mouth, drooling, diarrhea, seizures, unconsciousness, and vomiting. Please note that vomiting is common after a cat or dog ingests plant material. Seek veterinary care especially if vomiting accompanies other symptoms.
Members of the lily family (Easter, tiger, day, rubrum, Japanese show) are especially toxic to cats and can cause kidney failure within 72 hours. Lilies should be removed from homes with cats, or kept inaccessible.
Animal Poison Control
You may also want to make a note of these numbers for animal poison control:
- ASPCA's Poison Control Hotline (1-888-426-4435, $55 fee)
- Pet Poison Helpline (1-800-213-6680, $35 fee)
Please note: This list is not a comprehensive list of all poisonous plants. If a plant is not on this list, please do not automatically consider it to be safe.
* Highly Toxic: Contact your veterinarian or an emergency veterinary clinic immediately if your pet ingests one of these plants.
A - G
- Aloe Vera
- Amaryllis
- Apple (seeds, leaves)
- Apricot (pit, leaves)
- Asparagus Fern
- Autumn Crocus*
- Avocado (fruit, pit)
- Azalea*
- Baby’s Breath
- Begonia
- Bleeding Heart
- Bittersweet
- Bird of Paradise
- Brackenfern
- Buddhist Pine
- Caladium
- Calla Lily
- Castor Bean*
- Ceriman
- Cherry (leaves, pits)
- Christmas Rose
- Cineraria
- Clematis
- Cordatum
- Corn Plant
- Cornstalk Plant
- Croton
- Cycads*
- Cyclamen
- Daffodil
- Diffenbachia/Dumb Cane
- Dracaena/ Dragon Tree
- Elephant Ear
- Fiddle-leaf Fig
- Foxglove*
- Geranium
H - P
- Holly (berries)
- Horsetail
- Hyacinth
- Hydrangea
- Iris
- Ivy, all varieties
- Jerusalem Cherry
- Juniper (needles, berries)
- Kalanchoe*
- Lamb's Quarters
- Larkspur
- Laurel
- Lily* most varieties
- Lily of the Valley*
- Lupine
- Marijuana
- Mistletoe
- Morning Glory
- Mushroom* (some)
- Narcissus
- Nightshade
- Oleander*
- Oregon Grape
- Peach (leaves, pits)
- Philodendron
- Plum (pit, leaves)
- Poison Hemlock
- Poison Ivy
- Poison Oak
- Poison Sumac
- Poppy
- Pothos
- Potato Plant (leaves, sprouts)
- Primrose
Q - Z
- Rhododendron*
- Rhubarb* (leaves)
- Ribbon Plant
- Sago Palm*
- Skunk Cabbage
- String of Pearls
- Tansy
- Tomato (green fruit, stems, leaves)
- Tulips
- Weeping Fig
- Yew*
* Highly Toxic: Contact your veterinarian or an emergency veterinary clinic immediately if your pet ingests one of these plants.
Please note: This list is not a comprehensive list of all poisonous plants. If a plant is not on this list, please do not automatically consider it to be safe.