APPENDIX B
MEDIUM TOXICITY PLANTS
Botanical
Common
Toxic Part
Aesculus spp.
Horse Chestnut, Buckeye
all parts
Aleurites fordii
Tung-oil tree
fruit kernel
Allamanda spp.
Allamanda
fruit
Alocasia maculatum
Lords & Ladies
sap
Amaryllis belladonna
Belladonna lily
bulb
Anemone
Windflower
all parts
Aquilegia spp.
Columbine
seeds
Arum italicum
Italian Arum
sap, esp. in berries
Asclepias fruticosa
Swan plant
pods
Castanospermum australe
Black bean or Moreton
seeds
Bay chestnut
Celastrus orbiculatus,
Bittersweet
all parts
C. scandens
Cestrum spp.
Green cestrum, Cestrum
all parts, esp. fruit
or Jessamine
Colocasia esculenta
Elephant's ears or Taro
root
Cotoneaster spp.
Cotoneaster
fruit, flowers
Crataegus spp.
Hawthorn
fruit
Cycas spp.
Zamia palm or tree Zamia
seeds, fresh or improperly prepared
Cydonia oblonga
Quince
seeds, fresh leaves
Delphinium spp.
Larkspur
all parts
Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove
all parts
Eriobotrya japonica
Loquat
seeds (many)
Euonymus europaeus
Spindle tree
all parts, esp. fruit & seeds
Euphorbia marginata
Snow-on-the-mountain
sap
Gelsimium sempervirens
Carolina Jassamine
all parts
Hedera helix
English Ivy
all parts, esp. berries
Hura crepitans
Sandbox Tree
all parts
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinth
all parts, esp. bulb
Hydrangea spp.
Hydrangea
flowers
Iris germanica
Flag iris, Flag lily, or
all parts
Fleur de lis
Laburnum anagyroides
Common goldchain
seeds
Lupinus spp.
Lupine
seed pods
Manihot esculenta
Cassava
raw roots
Moraea spp.
Butterfly iris
all parts
Narcissus jonquilla
Jonquil
sap & bulb
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daffodil
sap & bulb
PBS-140 - July 2003
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