toxic plants
Harmful botanical species
Toxic plants are species that contain substances harmful or fatal to humans, animals, or both when ingested, touched, or otherwise encountered.
The category ranges from mildly irritating houseplants like pothos to deadly species like hemlock or oleander.
Keep toxic plants away from pets and children.
Toxicity varies by plant part—seeds, leaves, roots, or berries may pose different risks.
- monkshoodToxic flowering plant
- hemlockPoisonous umbellifer or conifer
- belladonnaToxic herb yielding atropine
- aconiteToxic flowering plant
- hydrangeaFlowering shrub, clustered blooms
oleander · nightshade · angel's trumpet · foxglove · lupine · jimsonweed · euphorbia · laburnum · castor bean · henbane · dogbane · stinging nettle · yew · poison ivy · locoweed · ragwort · poison oak · ingestion
- pet safetypet gate, pet fence, pet first aid, pet carrier, microchip
- Pasture Problemsovergrazing, weeds, drought, erosion, flooding
- poisoningarsenic poisoning, cyanide poisoning, food poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning
toxic plantsedible plants
Consumable botanical matter
food plants · edible greens · vegetables · culinary herbs · salad greens
toxic plantsmedicinal plants
Flora with healing properties
healing plants · therapeutic herbs · herbal remedies · medicinal herbs