Plants Can Be Poisonous ! Be AWARE of the Plants in Your Home or Yard Symptoms of Plant Poisoning Irritation to skin and/or mouth Drooling Diarrhea Seizures Unconsciousness Vomiting Note:  Vomiting is common after dogs or cats ingest plant material -- seek care especially if vomiting accompanies other symptoms.   Highly Toxic Poisonous Plants: Contact your veterinarian immediately if your pet ingests one of these plants. Autumn Crocus Azalea Castor Bean Cycads Foxglove Kalanchoe Lily, most varieties Lily of the Valley Mushroom (some) Oleander Rhododendron Rhubarb Leaves Sago Palm Yew Lilies Hazardous to Cats   Members of the lily family (Easter, tiger, day, rubrum, Japanese show) are especially toxic to cats and can cause kidney failure within 72 hours.  Lilies should be removed from homes with cats, or kept inaccessible. Poisonous Plants   Aloe Vera Amaryllis Apple (seeds, leaves) Apricot (pit, leaves) Asparagus Fern Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit, pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Begonia Bittersweet Bird of Paradise Buddhist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Cerman Cherry (leaves, pits) Christmas Rose Cineraria Clematis Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Diffenbachia / Dumb Cane Dracaena / Dragon Tree Elephant Ear Fiddle-leaf Fig Foxglove Geranium Holly (berries) Hyacinth Hydrangea Iris Ivy, all varieties Jerusalem Cherry Juniper (needles, berries) Kalanchoe Larkspur Laurel Lily, most varieties Lily of the Valley Marijuana Mistletoe Morning Glory Mushroom (some) Narcissus Nightshade Oleander Oregon Grape Peach (leaves, pits) Philodendron Plum (pit, leaves) Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Oak Poison Sumac Poppy Pothos Potato Plant (leaves, sprouts) Primrose Rhododendron Rhubarb (leaves) Ribbon Plant Sago Palm Skunk Cabbage String of Pearls Tomato (green fruit, stems, leaves) Tulips Weeping Fig Yew Note:  This is not a list of all poisonous plants.  If a plant is not on this list, do not automatically consider it to be safe.

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