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Poisonous Plants


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.

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Toxic Plants


  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


Non-Toxic Plants


  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)
            

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