This listing of toxic and non-toxic plants contains the most popular plants found in homes. However, if you have a situation where a child has consumed a plant you are un-familiar with or is not listed here, call your local poison control center, police, or hospital immediately. It is important to know what you have in and around your house if you have young children. If you are unsure of a plant, take a sample to your local garden center or greenhouse for identification. Jump to Non-poisonous listing
These plants contain a wide variety of poisons and symptoms may vary from
a mild stomach ache, skin rash, swelling of the mouth and throat to
involvement of the heart, kidneys, or other organs.
Acorn Jimson Weed (Thorn Apple)
Anemone Jonquil
Angel Trumpet Tree Lantana Camara
Apple Seeds Larkspur
Apricot Pit-Kernels Laurels
Arrowhead Lily-of-the-Valley
Avocado- leaves Lobelia
Azalea Marijuana
Betel Nut Palm Mayapple
Bittersweet Mescal (Peyote)
Buckeye Mistletoe
Buttercups Moonseed
Caladium Monkshood
Calla Lily Morning Glory
Castor Bean Mushroom
Chinese Lantern Narcissus
Creeping Charlie-Ground Nephthytis
Ivy (Glechome Hedercea) Nightshade
Crocus,Autumn Oleander
Daffodil Peach Seeds
Daphne Periwinkle
Delphinium Philodendron
Devil's Ivy Poison Ivy
Dieffenbachia Poison Oak
Elderberry Poppy (CA poppy excepted)
Elephant Ear Pokeweed
English Ivy Potato-sprouts
Four O'Clock Primrose
Foxglove Ranunculus
Hemlock, Poison Rhododendron
Holly Berries Rhubarb-blade
Horsetail Reed Rosary Pea
Hyacinth (bulbs) Star-Of-Bethlehem
Hydrangea Sweet Pea
Iris Tobacco
Ivy (Boston, English) Tomato-vines
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Tulip
Jequirity Bean or Pea Water Hemlock
Jerusalem Cherry Wisteria
Jessamine (Jasmine) Yew
These plants are considered essentially non-toxic (safe, not poisonous).
Symptoms from eating these plants are unlikely.
Abelia Easter Lily
Absynnian Sword Lily Echeveria
African Palm Euchalyptus (caution)
African Violet Eugenia
Airplane Plant Flowering Crab
Aluminum Plant Gardenia
Aralia Gloxinia
Acaucaria Grape Ivy
Asparagus Fern Hedge Apples
(Dermalitis) Hen & Chicks
Aspidistra Honeysuckle
Aster Hoya
Baby's Tears Impatiens
Bachelor Buttons Jade Plant
Bamboo Kalanchoe
Begonia Lilac
Birds Nest Fern Lily (Day, Easter, or Tiger)
Black Olive (little Lipstick Plant
info as to whether Magnolia
a prob or not) Marigold
` Blood Leaf Plant Monkey Plant
Boston Fern Norfolk Island Pine
Bougainvillea Peperomia
Cactus (some var.) Petunia
California Holly Prayer Plant
California Poppy Purple Passion
Camelia Pyrocantha
Christmas Cactus Rose
Coleus Species Sanseveria
Corn Plant Scheffelera
Crab Apples Sensitive Plant
Creeping Jennie, Spider Plant
Moneywort, Lysima Swedish Ivy
Croton (House Var.) Umbrella Plant
Dahlia Violets
Daisies Wandering Jew
Dandelion Weeping Fig
Dogwood Weeping Willow
Donkey Tail Wild Onion
Dracaena (caution with Zebra Plant
animal ingestion)
