Childhood Injury Prevention Handbook

Childhood Injury Prevention Handbook

Common Name

Botanical Name

Poisonous Part(s)

Mistletoe

Phoradendron flavescens

all parts, especially berries

Mushrooms

many types

all parts

Night-blooming jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

all parts, especially berries leaves, berries, green fruit raw acorns, young shoots all parts, especially seeds

Nightshade

Solanum species Quercus species Nerium oleander

Oak

Oleander

Philodendron Poison hemlock

Philodendron

all parts

Conium maculatum Toxicodendron radicans

all parts, especially roots

Poison ivy

sap from all parts sap from all parts

Poison sumac

Rhus vernix

Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana Euphorbia marginata

all parts all parts

Snow on the mountain

Sumac, poison

Rhus vernix

leaves, fruit

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

leaves

Tulip, blue

Tulipa genus

whole plant, esp. bulbs all parts, especially roots

Water hemlock

Cicuta douglasii Taxus species

Yews

all parts

This list is a collection of common toxic plants. It is not a list of all poisonous plants. CALL THE ALABAMA POISON INFORMATION CENTER, CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA RIGHT AWAY IF ANY ARE EATEN.

Nontoxic or Not Poisonous Plants

African violet ( SaintPaulia ) Bloodleaf plant ( Iresine )

Norfolk pine

Palm

Christmas cactus

Patient lucy ( Impatiens ) Prayer plant ( Leuconeura )

Coleus

Corn plant ( Dracaen a) Dusty miller ( Cineraria ) Devil’s walking stick ( Aralia )

Primula

Purple passion

Schefflera

Gardenia Hibiscus

Snake plant ( Sanseviera ) Spider plant ( Chlorophytum ) Swedish ivy ( Plectrantus ) Umbrella plant ( Schefflera )

Jade plant ( Crassula )

Kalanchoe

Lady’s slipper ( Calceolaria ) Monkey grass ( Liriope ) Nandina aluminum plant ( Pilea )

Velvet plant, Purple passion plant ( Gynura ) Wandering jew, Inch plant (T radesdantia )

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