Plants listed as toxic to pets: 49 species

49 species in the catalogue have a verified entry, from a source whose licence allows commercial reuse, listing them as toxic to a pet animal: cats, dogs, or animals named only as companion animals. Each species page gives the source, the animal it names and the taxonomic rank it states; the entries that speak about a genus say so on the page. A plant that is not here has no verified entry, and that is not a statement about the plant: ask a vet or a poison centre.

In the table, watering runs from 4 to 21 days at medium light; 16 of the 49 want humid air.

Plant Water Light Humidity Temperature or hardiness
dayliliesHemerocallis every 5–10 days Bright Medium down to -15°C outdoors
Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis every 5–10 days Medium High down to -30°C outdoors
Madonna lilyLilium candidum every 7–12 days Bright Medium down to -10°C outdoors
OleanderNerium oleander every 5–7 days Direct sun Low down to 5°C outdoors
Sago palmCycas revoluta every 10–18 days Bright Medium down to 5°C outdoors
YewTaxus baccata every 10–21 days Medium Medium down to -30°C outdoors
Japanese laurelAucuba japonica every 7–12 days Low Medium down to -10°C outdoors
PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrima every 5–9 days Bright Medium 15–26 °C
Snake plantDracaena trifasciata every 14–21 days Bright Low 10–30 °C
AlocasiaAlocasia × amazonica every 6–10 days Bright High 15–28 °C
Aloe vera every 14–21 days Bright Low 10–30 °C
AmaryllisHippeastrum hybridum every 7–14 days Bright Medium 10–28 °C
Arrowhead plantSyngonium podophyllum every 7–10 days Medium High 15–29 °C
blushing philodendronPhilodendron erubescens every 7–10 days Medium High 15–28 °C
Calla lilyZantedeschia aethiopica every 5–7 days Bright High 12–24 °C
Chinese evergreenAglaonema commutatum every 7–14 days Low Medium 15–28 °C
Common ivyHedera helix every 7–12 days Medium Medium down to 5°C outdoors
Corn plantDracaena fragrans every 7–14 days Medium Medium 15–30 °C
Crocus every 5–10 days Direct sun Low down to -20°C outdoors
CrotonCodiaeum variegatum every 7–10 days Bright High 15–29 °C
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii every 10–18 days Direct sun Low 10–35 °C
CyclamenCyclamen persicum every 4–8 days Bright Medium 8–20 °C
DaffodilNarcissus every 5–10 days Direct sun Low down to -20°C outdoors
Dragon treeDracaena marginata every 7–14 days Bright Low 10–30 °C
Dumb caneDieffenbachia seguine every 7–10 days Medium High 15–28 °C
Dwarf umbrella treeSchefflera arboricola every 7–14 days Bright Medium 15–30 °C
false shamrockOxalis triangularis every 7–12 days Bright Medium down to -10°C outdoors
Fiddle-leaf figFicus lyrata every 7–10 days Bright Medium 15–30 °C
Flaming KatyKalanchoe blossfeldiana every 10–14 days Bright Low 10–28 °C
Flamingo flowerAnthurium andraeanum every 5–7 days Bright High 15–28 °C
Golden pothosEpipremnum aureum every 7–14 days Low Medium 10–30 °C
Heartleaf philodendronPhilodendron hederaceum every 7–10 days Low Medium 13–30 °C
Heavenly bambooNandina domestica every 7–12 days Bright Medium down to -15°C outdoors
honeysucklesLonicera every 7–14 days Bright Medium down to -20°C outdoors
HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis every 4–8 days Bright Medium down to -15°C outdoors
Japanese araliaFatsia japonica every 5–10 days Medium High down to -5°C outdoors
mini monsteraRhaphidophora tetrasperma every 7–14 days Bright High 15–30 °C
Natal LilyClivia miniata every 7–10 days Medium High 15–28 °C
Peace lilySpathiphyllum wallisii every 6–10 days Medium High 15–28 °C
rhododendrons and azaleasRhododendron every 7–14 days Bright Medium down to -20°C outdoors
Rubber plantFicus elastica every 7–14 days Bright Medium 15–30 °C
Satin pothosScindapsus pictus every 7–10 days Medium Medium 15–28 °C
String of pearlsCurio rowleyanus every 10–14 days Bright Low 10–28 °C
Swiss cheese plantMonstera deliciosa every 7–14 days Bright High 15–30 °C
Swiss cheese vineMonstera adansonii every 7–10 days Bright High 15–30 °C
Ti plantCordyline fruticosa every 4–8 days Bright High 15–30 °C
Tree philodendronThaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum every 7–14 days Bright High 15–30 °C
TulipTulipa every 5–10 days Direct sun Low down to -20°C outdoors
Weeping figFicus benjamina every 7–14 days Bright Medium 15–30 °C

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