Plants and Your Cat
My Cat, Lady Sylvia,
one of several Silver
Persians. Sylvia is now one year old.
Plants add
the needed finishing touches to any decor. But, if you have a feline, that
beautiful plant could become a deadly enemy. Listed here are plants poisonous to cats that must be avoided if there
are cats in your home.
Note that lilies(*), in particular, are dangerous to cats. While in some
cases, just parts of a plant (bark, leaves, seeds, berries, roots, tubers,
spouts, green shells) might be poisonous, this list rules out the whole
plant. If you must have any of them, keep them safely out of reach.
Unfortunately, this list has common names and there are a number of plants
having more than one common name. Also, common names may apply to more than
one plant species. Not all plants with a single common will be equally
toxic. An excellent list of toxic plants may be found in the handbook
published by the AMA. Many other references can be found that will give you
the botanical name of toxic plants. I recommend that you obtain such a
reference for you own library so it will be available when it is needed.
Should your feline friend eat part of a poisonous plant, rush the cat to
your veterinarian as soon as possible. If you can, take the plant with you
for ease of identification.
Plants Poisonous to Cats and possibly to people.
Alfalfa
Almond (Pits of)
Aloe Vera
Alocasia
Amaryllis
Apple (seeds)
Apple Leaf Croton
Apricot (Pits of)
Arrowgrass
Asparagus Fern
Autumn Crocus
Avocado (fruit and pit)
Azalea
Baby's Breath
Baneberry
Beargrass
Beech
Belladonna
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet
Black-eyed Susan
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Box
Boxwood
Branching Ivy
Brugmansia
Buckeyes
Burning Bush
Buttercup
Cactus, Candelabra
Caladium
Calla Lily
Castor Bean
Cherry (pits, seeds & wilting leaves)
Chinaberry fruit (Melia)
Chinese Evergreen
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemum
Cineria
Clematis
Cordatum
Coriaria
Cornflower
Corn Plant
Cornstalk Plant
Croton
Corydalis
Crocus, Autumn
Crown of Thorns
Cuban Laurel
Cutleaf Philodendron
Cycads
Cyclamen
Daffodil
Daphne
Datura
Deadly Nightshade
Death Camas
Devil's Ivy
Delphinium
Decentrea
Dieffenbachia
Dracaena Palm
Dragon Tree
Dumb Cane
Easter Lily *
Eggplant
Elderberry
Elephant Ear
Emerald Feather
English Ivy
Eucalyptus
Euonymus
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Ferns
Fiddle-leaf Fig
Flax (Linum)
Four O'Clock (Mirabilis)
Foxglove
Geranium
German Ivy
Giant Dumb Cane
Glacier Ivy
Ground Cherry (Physalis)
Golden Chain (Laburnum)
Gold Dieffenbachia
Gold Dust Dracaena
Golden Glow (Rudbeckia)
Golden Pothos
Gopher Purge (Euphorbia)
Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
Heartland Philodendron
Hellebore
Hemlock, Poison
Hemlock, Water
Henbane
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horsebeans (Fava bean)
Horsebrush
Horse Chestnuts (Aesculus)
Hurricane Plant
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Indian Rubber Plant
Indian Tobacco
Iris
Iris Ivy
Jack in the Pulpit
Janet Craig Dracaena
Japanese Show Lily *
Java Beans
Jessamine
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson Weed
Jonquil
Jungle Trumpets
Kalanchoe
Lacy Tree Philodendron
Lantana
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily
Lily Spider
Lily of the Valley
Locoweed
Lupine
Madagascar Dragon Tree
Marble Queen
Marigold
Marijuana
Mescal Bean
Mexican Breadfruit
Miniature Croton
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning Glory
Mother-in Law's Tongue
Morning Glory
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms (some species)
Narcissus
Needlepoint Ivy
Nephytis
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Oleander
Onion
Oriental Lily *
Peace Lily
Peach (pits and wilting leaves)
Pencil Cactus
Peony
Periwinkle
Philodendron
Pimpernel (Anagallis)
Plumosa Fern (Asparagus Plumosus)
Poinciana
Poinsettia (low toxicity)
Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Pokeweed
Poppy
Potato (leaves and green skin)
Pothos
Precatory Bean
Primrose
Privet, Common
Red Emerald
Red Princess
Red-Margined Dracaena
Rhododendron
Rhubarb
Ribbon Plant
Rosemary Pea
Rubber Plant
Saddle Leaf Philodendron
Sago Palm
Satin Pothos
Schefflera
Scotch Broom
Silver Pothos
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrops
Snow on the Mountain
Spotted Dumb Cane
Staggerweed
Star of Bethlehem
String of Pearls
Striped Dracaena
Sweetheart Ivy
Sweetpea
Swiss Cheese plant
Tansy Mustard
Taro Vine
Tiger Lily *
Tobacco
Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)
Tree Philodendron
Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia
Tulip
Tung Tree
Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock
Weeping Fig
Wild Call
Wisteria
Yews
e.g. Japanese Yew
English Yew
Western Yew
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