KNOW YOUR PLANTS - California Poison Control System
KNOW YOUR PLANTS - California Poison Control System
KNOW YOUR PLANTS - California Poison Control System
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• Even if you are not sure, call the poison center for help. It will not be as waste of<br />
time.<br />
• Do not wait for symptoms to appear. Treatment will be more difficult once<br />
symptoms have developed.<br />
• If you are advised to go to the hospital, take the plant or part of the plant with you.<br />
Table 3. Toxic Plants by Common Name<br />
A<br />
Common Name Latin or scientific name Rating<br />
Absinth Artemesia absinthium 4<br />
Acacia palida Leucaena leucocephala 4<br />
Acacia, black Robinia pseudoacacia 4<br />
Acacia, false Robinia pseudoacacia 4<br />
Aconite Aconitium napellus 4<br />
Acorn Quercus spp 1,3<br />
Adam-and-Eve Arum maculatum 1,2a<br />
African lily Agapanthus spp 1<br />
Agapanthus Agapanthus spp 1<br />
Agapanthus, pink Nerine bowdenii 3<br />
Alder tree Alnus spp 1<br />
Allamanda, pink or purple Cryptostegia grandiflora 4<br />
Allamanda, wild Urechites spp 4<br />
Allium Allium sativum 1,3<br />
Alocasia Alocasia spp 2a<br />
Aloe vera Aloe barbadensis 1,3<br />
Alstroemeria Alstroemeria aurantiaca 1,3<br />
Amaryllis Amaryllis spp 3<br />
Amaryllis Hippeastrum spp 3<br />
Amaryllis belladonna Amaryllis belladonna 3<br />
American valerian Cypripedium calceolus 1<br />
Amethyst flower Browallia spp 1<br />
Anemone Anemone spp 1,3<br />
Angel wings Caladium 2a<br />
Angel’s trumpet Datura spp 4<br />
Angelica Angelica archangelica 1,4<br />
Angel's tears Narcissus triandrus 1,3<br />
Anthurium Anthurium spp 2a
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