Which plants are poisonous to cats?

If one of your cat's problem behaviors is eating plants, you'll need to know which plants are poisonous to cats. Although certain plants -- like catnip -- attract and stimulate cats, many common houseplans are poisonous to cats. The following plants are poisonous and will make your cat sick if ingested. Note that certain varieties of lilies (*) can be deadly to cats.

• Almond pits
• Aloe Vera
• Alocasia
• Amaryllis
• Apple seeds
• Apple Leaf Croton
• Apricot pits
• Arrowgrass
• Asparagus Fern
• Autumn Crocus
• Avacado fruit and pit
• Azalea

• Baby's Breath
• Baneberry
• Bayonet
• Beargrass
• Beech
• Belladonna
• Bird of Paradise
• Bittersweet
• Black-eyed Susan
• Black Locust
• Bleeding Heart
• Bloodroot
• Bluebonnet
• Box
• Boxwood
• Branching Ivy
• Buckeyes
• Buddist Pine
• Burning Bush
• Buttercup

• Cactus, Candelabra
• Caladium
• Calla Lily
• Castor Bean
• Ceriman
• Charming Dieffenbachia
• Cherry pits, seeds & wilting leaves
• Cherry, most wild varieties
• Cherry, ground
• Cherry, Laurel
• Chinaberry
• 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
• Elaine
• Elderberry
• Elephant Ear
• Emerald Feather
• English Ivy
• Eucalyptus
• Euonymus
• Evergreen

• Ferns
• Fiddle-leaf fig
• Florida Beauty
• Flax
• Four O'Clock
• Foxglove
• Fruit Salad Plant

• Geranium
• German Ivy
• Giant Dumb Cane
• Glacier IvyGolden Chain
• Gold Dieffenbachia
• Gold Dust Dracaena
• Golden Glow
• Golden Pothos
• Gopher Purge

• Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
• Heartland Philodendron
• Hellebore
• Hemlock, Poison
• Hemlock, Water
• Henbane
• Holly
• Honeysuckle
• Horsebeans
• Horsebrush
• Horse Chestnuts
• 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

• Narcissus
• Needlepoint Ivy
• Nephytis
• Nightshade

• Oleander
• Onion
• Oriental Lily *

• Peace Lily
• Peach pits and wilting leaves
• Pencil Cactus
• Peony
• Periwinkle
• Philodendron
• Pimpernel
• Plumosa Fern
• Poinciana
• Poinsettia (low toxicity)
• Poison Hemlock
• Poison Ivy
• Poison Oak
• Pokeweed
• Poppy
• Potato
• 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
• American Yew

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