Popular garden plants that can cause poisoning if eaten or are likely to cause skin irritation and allergic reactions:
Acalypha | irritant; poisonous |
Acokanthera | poisonous |
Aconitum | poisonous, irritant |
Actaea | poisonous, irritant to and via the skin |
Aesculus | poisonous |
Aglaonema | poisonous, irritant |
Agrostemma githago | poisonous |
Allamanda | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Alocasia | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Aloe | poisonous |
Alstroemeria | skin irritant |
Amaryllis belladona | poisonous |
Anthurium | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Apocynum | poisonous |
Arisaema | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Arum | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Asparagus | may cause skin allergy, fruits poisonous |
Atropa | poisonous; skin irritant |
Brugmansia | poisonous |
Brunfelsia | poisonous |
Caladium | poisonous |
Calla palustris | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Chelidonium majus | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Chrysanthemum | skin irritant |
Colchicum | poisonous |
Colocasia esculenta | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Convallaria majalis | poisonous |
Coriaria | poisonous |
x Cuprocyparis leylandii | skin irritant |
Daphne | poisonous; skin irritant |
Datura | poisonous; skin irritant |
Delphinium | poisonous |
Dictamnus | skin irritant |
Dieffenbachia | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Digitalis | poisonous |
Dracunculus | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Echium | skin irritant |
Epipremnum | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Euonymus | somewhat poisonous |
Euphorbia | poisonous; skin & eye irritant, |
Ficus benjamina | can cause skin allergy |
Ficus carica | skin & eye irritant |
Fremontodendron | – skin & eye irritant |
Gaultheria | poisonous |
Gelsemium | poisonous |
Gloriosa superba | poisonous |
Hedera | somewhat poisonous; skin irritant |
Helleborus | poisonous, skin irritant |
Heracleum mantegazzianum | severe skin irritant in sunlight |
Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) | poisonous |
Homeria | poisonous |
Hyacinthoides (Bluebell) | poisonous |
Hyacinthus | skin irritant |
Hyoscyamus | poisonous |
Hypericum perforatum | poisonous |
Ipomoea | poisonous |
Iris | poisonous; skin irritant |
Kalmia | poisonous |
Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ | poisonous |
Laburnum | poisonous |
Lagenaria | poisonous |
Lantana | poisonous; skin irritant |
Ligustrum (privet) | poisonous |
Lobelia (except bedding) | poisonous, skin & eye irritant |
Lupinus | poisonous |
Lysichiton | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Mandragora | poisonous |
Mirabilis | poisonous; skin irritant |
Monstera deliciosa | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Narcissus | poisonous; skin irritant |
Nerium oleander | poisonous |
Nicotiana | poisonous |
Oenanthe | poisonous |
Opuntia microdasys | skin irritant |
Ornithogalum | poisonous; skin irritant |
Papaver somniferum | poisonous |
Passiflora caerulea | poisonous |
Pedilanthus | skin & eye irritant; poisonous |
Philodendron | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Phytolacca | poisonous; skin irritant |
Podophyllum | poisonous |
Polygonatum | poisonous |
Polyscias | poisonous; skin irritant |
Primula obconica | skin irritant |
Prunus laurocerasus | poisonous |
Prunus lusitanica | seed kernels are poisonous |
Rhamnus | poisonous; skin irritant |
Rhaphidophora | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Rhus verniciflua,R. radicans, R. succedanea, R. diversiloba,R. rydbergii,R. striata, R. toxicarium, R. vernix | poisonous; severe skin irritant |
Ricinus communis | poisonous |
Robinia pseudoacacia | poisonous |
Ruta | severe skin irritant in bright sunlight |
Sambucus | poisonous |
Schefflera | skin irritant |
Scilla | poisonous |
Scopolia | poisonous |
Solandra | poisonous |
Solanum | poisonous |
Solanum pseudocapsicum | poisonous |
Sophora | poisonous |
Spartium junceum | poisonous |
Spathiphyllum | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Symphoricarpos | poisonous |
Symphytum | poisonous |
Syngonium | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Tabernaemontana | poisonous |
Taxus | poisonous |
Thevetia | poisonous; skin irritant |
Tulipa | skin irritant |
Veratrum | poisonous |
Vitex | skin irritant |
Wisteria | poisonous |
Xanthosoma | poisonous; skin & eye irritant |
Zantedeschia | poisonous; skin & irritant eye |