Houseplants And Pets

Many house and garden plants are poisonous. The table that follows lists a variety of plants that are toxic and the symptoms that each plant can cause.

Type of Plant

Symptoms

Alocasia	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Amaryllis	Nausea and vomiting
Balsam Pear	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Bird-of-paradise	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Buckthorn	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Cacti	Contact irritants / mechanical injury
Cala lily	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Caladium	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Christmas candle	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Clematis	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Common Boxwood	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Daffodil	Nausea and vomiting
Dieffenbachia	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Elephant’s ear	Salivation and edema (swelling)
English holly	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
English ivy	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Euonymus	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Foxglove	Slow and irregular heartbeat with nausea and vomiting
Foxtail	Contact irritants / mechanical injury
Green Dragon	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Honey locust	Contact irritants / mechanical injury
Honeysuckle	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Hydrangea	Vomiting, stupor, difficult breathing, coma
Iris Nausea	vomiting, and diarrhea
Jack-in-the-pulpit	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Japanese plum	Vomiting, stupor, difficult breathing, coma
Larkspur	Slow and irregular heartbeat with nausea and vomiting
Lily of the valley	Slow and irregular heartbeat with nausea and vomiting
Malaga	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Mock orange	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Oleander	Slow and irregular heartbeat with nausea and vomiting
Philodendron	Salivation and edema (swelling)
Poinsettia	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Pokeweed	Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
Wisteria	Nausea and vomiting