Poisonous Plants to Cats

Cats do not instinctivly know which are poisonous plants and which are safe to chew on. The following is a list of toxic plants that are poisonous to cats.

• Acocanthera [Monkshood/Wolfsbane]
• Aconite
• Alfalfa [Lucerne]
• Almond - Seed - High Toxicity
• Alocasia
• Amaryllis (Naked Lady) - Bulbs - Moderate Toxicity
• American Yew
• Amsinckia [Tarweed]
• Angel's Trumpet [Chalice Vine, Datura, Trumpet Vine]
• Angel's Wings (Elephants Ears) - Leaves/stem/root - Moderate Toxicity
• Antherium [Flamingo Lily, Painter's Palette]
• Apple - Seeds - High Toxicity
• Apple Leaf Croton
• Apple of Peru [Thornapple, Tolguacha]
• Apricot - Seeds
• Arrowgrass - Foliage - Moderate Toxicity
• Arrowhead Vine [Nepthytis, Tri-Leaf Wonder]
• Asparagus Fern
• Autumn Crocus
• Avocado - Seeds
• Azalea (Rhododendron) - All Parts - Moderate Toxicity
• Baby's Breath
• Baneberry [Doll's Eyes]
• Bayonet Plant
• Beargrass
• Beech
• Belladonna
• Bird of Paradise
• Bitter Nightshade [ Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet, European Bittersweet]
• Black Locust
• Black-eyed Susan
• Bleeding Heart
• Bloodroot
• Blue Flag [Flag, Fleur-de-lis, Iris]
• Bluebonnet [Lupine, Quaker Bonnets]
• Blue-Green Algae
• Boston Ivy
• Bouncing Bet [Soapwort]
• Box
• Boxwood
• Brackenfern [Brake Fern]
• Branching Ivy
• Buckeye [Ohio Buckey, Horsechestnut]
• Buddist Pine
• Bull Nettle [Carolina Nettle, Horse Nettle]
• Burning Bush
• Buttercups [ Crowfoot]
• Cactus, Candelabra
• Caladium
• Caley Pea
• Calfkill
• Calla Lily
• Candelabra Cactus [ False Cactus]
• Carnation
• Castorbean [ Castor Oil Plant]
• Ceriman
• Charming Dieffenbachia
• Cherry (pits, seeds & wilting leaves)
• Cherry [ Bitter Cherry, Choke Cherry, Pin Cherry, Wild Black Cherry]
• Cherry Laurel
• Cherry, ground
• Chinaberry Tree
• Chinese Evergreen [ Silver Queen]
• Chinese Inkberry [Jessamine ]
• Christmas Rose
• Chrysanthemum [ ]
• Cineria
• Clematis
• Clover [ Alsike Clover, Red Clover, White Clover]
• Cocklebur
• Common Burdock
• Common Tansy
• Coral Plant
• Cordatum
• Coriaria
• Corn Lily [False Hellebore]
• Corn Plant
• Cornflower
• Cornstalk Plant
• Corydalis
• Cowslip
• Crab's Eye [Jequirity Bean, Precatory Bean, Rosary Pea]
• Creeping Charlie
• Crocus [Autumn Crocus]
• Croton
• Crown of Thorns
• Crown Vetch
• Cuban Laurel
• Cuckoo Pint [Lords and Ladies]
• Cultivated Bleeding Heart
• Cultivated Larkspur
• Cutleaf Philodendron
• Cycads
• Cyclamen
• Cypress Spurge
• Daffodil [Narcissus]
• Daphne
• Day Lily
• Deadly Nightshade [Belladonna, Black Nightshade, Common Nightshade]
• Death Camas
• Death Cap Mushroom [Amanita]
• Decentrea
• Delphinium
• Devil's Backbone [Kalanchoe ]
• Devil's Ivy [Golden Pothos, Pothos]
• Devil's Trumpet [Datura]
• Dieffenbachia {Dumbcane]
• Dogbane
• Dracaena Palm
• Dragon Tree
• Dutchman's Breeches [Staggerweed]
• Easter Lily
• Eggplant
• Elaine
• Elderberry
• Emerald Duke [Majesty]
• Emerald Feather
• English Ivy
• English Yew
• Ergot
• Eucalyptus
• Euonymus
• Everlasting Pea
• Feverfew
• Fiddle-leaf Fig
• Fiddleneck
• Flax
• Florida Beauty
• Fly Agaric
• Four O'Clock
• Foxglove
• Foxtail Barley
• Fruit Salad Plant
• Gelsemium
• Geranium
• German Ivy
• Ghost Weed
• Giant Dumb Cane
• Gill-Over-The-Ground
• Glacier Ivy
• Gold Dieffenbachia
• Gold Dust Dracaena
• Golden Chain
• Golden Glow
• Golden Pothos
• Gopher Purge
• Green Dragon
• Green False Hellebore
• Ground Ivy
• Groundsel
• Hahn's Self-branching Ivy
• Heartland Philodendron
• Heartleaf
• Hellebore
• Hemlock
• Hemlock, Poison
• Hemlock, Water
• Henbane
• Hens-and-Chicks
• Holly
• Honeysuckle
• Horse Chestnuts
• Horse Nettle
• Horsebeans
• Horsebrush
• Horsetail
• Hurricane Plant
• Hyacinth
• Hydrangea
• Impatiens
• Indian Poke
• Indian Rubber Plant
• Indian Tobacco
• Indian Turnip
• Inkberry
• Iris
• Iris Ivy
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit
• Jamestown Weed
• Janet Craig Dracaena
• Japanese Show Lily
• Japanese Yew
• Jasmine
• Jatropha
• Java Beans
• Jerusalem Cherry
• Jessamine
• Jimson Weed
• Johnsongrass
• Jonquil
• Jungle Trumpets
• Juniper
• Kalanchoe
• Klamath Weed
• Laburnum
• Lacy Tree Philodendron
• Lantana
• Lantana Camara
• Larkspur [Dwarf Larkspur, Poisonweed]
• Laurel
• Lilies
• Lily of the Valley
• Lily Spider
• Lima Bean
• Locoweed
• Lucky Bamboo
• Lupine
• Madagascar Dragon Tree
• Mandrake
• Marble Queen
• Marigold
• Marijuana
• Marsh Marigold
• Mayapple
• Mescal Bean
• Mexican Breadfruit
• Mexican Poppy
• Milk Bush
• Milkweed
• Milo
• Miniature Croton
• Mistletoe
• Mock Orange
• Moonseed
• Morning Glory
• Mother-in Law's Tongue
• Mountain Laurel
• Mushrooms (Amanita)
• Nap-at-Noon
• Needlepoint Ivy
• Nightshade
• Nutmeg
• Oaks
• Oleander
• Onion
• Oriental Lily
• Panther Cap Mushroom
• Parlor Ivy
• Peace Lily
• Peach (pits and wilting leaves)
• Pencil Cactus
• Pennyroyal
• Peony
• Periwinkle
• Peyote
• Philodendron
• Pie Plant
• Pimpernel
• Pinks
• Plumosa Fern
• Poinciana
• Poinsettia [Christmas Flower, Christmas Plant, Easter Flower, Euphorbia,
• Spurges,]
• Poison Hemlock
• Poison Ivy
• Poison Oak
• Pokeweed
• Poppy
• Potato
• Pothos
• Precatory Bean
• Prickly Poppy
• Primrose
• Privet
• Privet, Common
• Ragwort
• Red Emerald
• Red Maple
• Red Princess
• Red Sage
• Red-Margined Dracaena
• Rhubarb
• Ribbon Plant
• Richweed
• Rosemary
• Rosemary Pea
• Rubber Plant
• Saddle Leaf Philodendron
• Sago Palm v Satin Pothos
• Schefflera
• Scotch Broom
• Scouringrush
• Senecio
• Sensitive Fern v Sheep Laurel
• Silver Pothos
• Singletary Pea
• Skunk Cabbage v Snake Plant v Snapdragon
• Snow on the Mountain
• Snowdrop
• Sorghum v Spathiphyllum (''Spath'')
• Spotted Cowbane
• Spotted Dumb Cane
• Spotted Water Hemlock
• Spring Amanita
• Squirrelcorn
• Squirreltail Barley
• St. Johnswort
• Staggerweed
• Star Jasmine
• Star of Bethlehem
• Stinging Nettle
• String of Pearls
• Striped Dracaena
• Sudan Grass
• Sweet Cherry
• Sweet Pea
• Sweetheart Ivy
• Swiss Cheese Plant [Ceriman, Cut-leaf Philodendron, Fruit Salad Plant, Mexican
• Breadfruit, Split-leaf Philodendron]
• Tangier Pea
• Tansy Mustard
• Tansy Ragwort
• Taro
• Taro Vine
• Texas Mountain Laurel
• Tiger Lily
• Tinsel Tree
• Tobacco
• Tomato Plant
• Touch-me-not
• Tree Philodendron
• Trillium
• Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia
• Tulip
• Tung Oil Tree
• Tung Tree
• Umbrella Plant
• Velvet Lupine
• Venus Flytrap
• Verbena
• Virginia Creeper
• Walnuts
• Water Hemlock
• Weeping Fig
• West Indian Lantana
• Western Yew
• White Hellebore
• White Sanicle
• White Snakeroot
• Wild Barley
• Wild Bleeding Heart
• Wild Call
• Windflower
• Wisteria
• Wood Nettle
• Yellow Jasmine
• Yellow Oleander
• Yellow Sage
• Yellow Star Thistle