Many common house and garden plants can be toxic to animals if swallowed, especially certain parts of the plant. Symptoms usually present as drooling, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and oral irritation, but in extreme cases can lead to muscle tremors, convulsions, liver failure, and death. Immediate medical attention is needed if your dog has ingested one of the known toxic plants listed below.
Highly Poisonous
- Castor Bean
- English Ivy
- Foxglove
- Hemlock
- Inkberry
- Jimsonweed
- Johnsongrass
- Lantana
- Nightshade
- Oleander
- Pigweed
- Pokeweed
- Pokeweed
- Redroot
- Rhubarb leaves
- Sago Palm
- Tulip Bulbs
- Yew
Toxic but usually not lethal
- Apricot stems, bark, seed pits
- Arrowhead Vine
- Azalea leaves
- Bird of Paradise fruit, seeds
- Boston Ivy
- Caladium
- Creeping Charlie
- Choke Cherry leaves, seed pits, stems, bark
- Daffodil bulbs
- Daphne berries, bark, leaves
- Glacier Ivy leaves, berries
- Heartleaf
- Hyacinth bulbs, leaves, flowers
- Hydrangea leaves, buds
- Jerusalem Cherry
- Jonquil bulbs
- Lily-of-the-Valley
- Mandrake roots, foliage, unripe fruit
- Milkweed
- Mistletoe berries
- Morning Glory seeds
- Marble Queen
- Nephthytis
- Oats
- Poinsettia leaves, flowers
- Parlor Ivy
- Red Sage green berries
- Rhodedendron
- Red Princess
- Saddleleaf
- Tomato leaves, stems, unripe fruit
- Tulip bulbs
- Umbrella Plant
This is a compilation of toxic plants information from multiple sources including https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants https://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/emergency/poisonous-plants-to-dogs https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/plants-may-poison-your-pets https://www.thespruce.com/plants-poisonous-to-dogs-2132451 https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poisons/ https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/planting-and-maintenance/protect-your-pets-from-harmful-plants
For educational purposes only. This information is not intended as medical advice and can never replace medical care and treatments.