Plants

Poisonous Plants

The Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC) provides the following list of common poisonous house plants. Though not all-inclusive, this list is designed to be a guide in choosing plants for your house and garden and in knowing where to safely place them.

Please call the Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center, 513-636-5111, or 1-800-222-1222, if any of these plants are eaten.

American Ivy -- berriesGround Ivy -- all partsNightshade -- all parts, especially leaves, green fruit
Asparagus -- uncooked young shootsHolly -- leaves, especially berriesOak Trees -- raw acorns, young sprouts and buds, stems, flowers, leaves
Azalea -- all partsHorse Chestnut -- flowers, young sprouts, nutsOleander -- stems, flowers, leaves
Bittersweet -- leaves and fruitHyacinth -- bulbsPhilodendron -- all parts
Black Locust -- bark, foliage, seedsHydrangea -- leaves, bulbsPoison Hemlock -- all parts
Boxwood -- leaves, stemsIris -- bulb, leaves, stemsPoison Ivy -- sap from all parts
Buckthorn -- fruit, leaves, barkJack-in-the-Pulpit -- all partsPoison Sumac -- sap from all parts
Calamondin Orange -- fruit peels, thornsJequirity Bean -- bean (chewed)Pokeweed -- all parts, especially roots
Castor Bean -- seeds, if chewedJerusalem Cherry -- leaves, unripe fruitPrivet -- berries, leaves
Chokecherry -- leaves, bark, seedsJessamine -- all partsRhododendron -- all parts
Cotoneaster -- fruit, berriesJimson Weed -- all partsRhubarb -- leaf blades
Crocus -- all parts, especially bulbsJuniper -- all partsSnow on the Mountain -- all parts
Cyclamen -- tuberKentucky Coffee Tree -- seedsTulip, blue -- all parts
Daffodil -- all parts, especially bulbsLarkspur -- all parts, especially young plant and seedsWater Hemlock -- all parts, especially roots
Daphne -- all parts, especially fruit, barkLily-of-the-Valley -- all partsWisteria -- pods, seeds
Dumbcane -- all partsMistletoe -- all parts, especially berriesYew -- most parts
Elderberry -- leaves, shoots, bark, unripe fruit, rootsMonkshood -- all parts, especially roots and seeds
Elephant's Ear -- all partsMorning Glory -- seeds
English Ivy -- all parts, especially leaves, berriesMountain Laurel -- all parts
Eyebane -- all partsMushrooms -- all parts
Four-O'Clock -- roots, seedsNarcissus -- all parts, especially bulbs
Foxglove -- leaves, seedsNight Blooming Jessamine -- all parts, especially berries