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Non-Toxic Plants and Your Cat

Finishing the decor of your home with plants is popular, but must always be done with the safety of your resident feline in mind. You will want to ensure that the beautiful plants are non-toxic to the felines that share your home.

The following list contains plants that have not been reported as having systemic effects on animals, or as having intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Note that any plant material ingested by an animal (as when dogs and cats ingest yard grass) may produce symptoms including vomiting, depression, or diarrhea. These symptoms are generally mild and self-limiting and often do not require any treatment.

Non-Toxic Plants

Orchids are safe to have in the home. African Violets are safe to use in your home decor! Poinsettias are generally over-rated in toxicity. If ingested, poinsettias can be irritating to the mouth and stomach, and may cause mild vomiting or nausea.

Achira Acorn squash African violet Algaroba Aluminum plant Alumroot American rubber plant Anthericum comosum Antirrhinum multiflorum Arabian gentian Aregelia Artillery plant Aspidium falcatum Aubepine Autumn olive Baby rubber tree plant Baby tears Bachelors buttons Ball fern Bamboo palm Bamboo vine Bamboo Banana Banana squash Begonia species Belmore sentry palm Big shellbark hickory Bigonia Bitter pecan Bitternut Black haw Black hawthorn Blaspheme vine Bloodleaf Blooming sally Blue daisy Bluebottle Blunt leaf peperomia Blushing bromeliad Bold sword fern Boston fern Bottle Palm Bottlebrush Brazilian orchid Bride's bonnet Bristly greenbrier Brodiaea pulchella Broom hickory Bullbrier Bur gourd Burro's tail Buttercup squash Butterfly ginger Butterfly iris Butterfly squash Butterfly tulip Butterfly orchid Button fern Caeroba Calathea insignis California pitcher plant Callistemon citrinus Callistemon bradyandrus Callistemon viminalis Calochortus nuttalli Calthea lancifolia Camellia Canada hemlock Canary date palm Candle plant Candycorn plant Canna lily Cantebury-bell Cape jasmine Cape primrose Carob tree Carob Caroba Carobinha Carolina hemlock Carrion flower Carrot fern Carrot flower Casaba melon Cast Iron plant Cat ear Cat brier Cattleya labiata Celosia plumosa Celosia spicata Celosia globosa Chamaedorean humilis Chaparral snapdragon Chestnut Chicken-gizzard plant Chickens and hens Chin-lao-shu China root China aster Chinese plumbago Chlorophytum Chlorophytum bichetii Chocolate soldier plant Christmas dagger fern Christmas palm Christmas orchid Cinnamon jasmine Cinquefoil Cirrhopetalum Clearweed Cliff brake fern Club moss Cocks comb Cocktail orchid Collinia elegans Color-band Cryptanthus Columnar cactus Common garden canna Common snapdragon Common camellia Common catbrier Common staghorn fern Common greenbrier Confederate jasmine Coolwort Copper rose Copperlead Coral berry Coral ardisia Coral bells Cornflower Crape myrtle Crataegus phaenopyrum Crataegus spp. Creeping charlie Creeping pilea Creeping rubus Creeping gloxinia Creeping zinnia Creeping mahonia Crepe myrtle Crimson bottlebush Crimson cup Crisped feather fern Crossandra Cucumber Cushion moss Cushon aloe Cyrtudeira reptans Dainty Dainty rabbits-foot fern Dallas fern Dancing doll orchid Davallia bullata mariessi Davallia trichomanoides Desert trumpet Dichelostemma Dichorisandra reginae Dinteranthus vanzylii Duffii fern Duffy fern Dwarf feather fern Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star Dwarf palm Dwarf royal palm Dwarf date palm Dwarf whitman fern Earth star Easter cattleya Easter daisy Easter orchid Easter lily cactus Edible banana Elephant-Ear Begonia Emerald ripple peperomia English hawthorn Epidendrum ibaguense Epidendrum Epidendrum atropurpeum Episcia spp. Fairy fountain False aralia Fan tufted palm Feather fern Feathered amaranth Fiery reed orchid Fig leaf gourd Figleaf palm Fingernail plant Fire weed Fish tail fern Flame of the woods Flame african violet Flame violet Florida butter-fly orchid Fluffy ruffles Forster sentry palm Fortunes palm Freckle face Friendship plant Frosty Garden snapdragon Garden marigold German violet Gherkins Ghost plant Ghost leafless orchid Giant white inch plant Giant holly fern Giant aster Gibasis geniculata Globe thistle Gloxinia Gold bloom Gold-fish plant Golden shower orchid Golden lace orchid Golden aster Golden bells Good luck palm Grape hyacinth Grape Ivy Great willow herb Green ripple peperomia Greenbrier Hagbrier Hardy gloxinia Hardy baby tears Haworthia Haws apple Haws Hawthorn Hedgehog gourd Hellfetter Hemlock tree Hen and chickens fern Hens and chickens Hickory Hindu rope plant Holligold Holly fern Hollyhock Honey plant Honey locust Honeydew melons Honeysuckle fuchsia Hookera pulchella Horse brier Hoya 'Mauna Loa' Hoya carnosa 'exotica' Hoya carnosa 'krinkle' Hoya carnosa 'variegata' Hubbard squash Hypocyrta spp. Ice plant Imbricata sword fern Irish moss Iron cross begonia Iron tree Ivy-leaf peperomia Ivy peperomia Jackson brier Jacob's ladder Japanese aralia Japanese pittosporum Japanese moss Japanese holly fern Jasmine Jewel orchid Joseph's coat Jungle geranium Kaempferis Kahali ginger Kenilworth ivy Kentia palm Kenya palm Kenya violet Kharoub King and queen fern King of the forest King nut Kuang-yen- pa-hsieh

Lace flower vine Lace orchid Ladies ear drops Lady lou Lady palm Lagerstroemia indica Lance Pleumele Large Lady Palm Laurel-leaved greenbrier Mulberry tree Leather peperomia Leng-fen tu'an Leopard orchid Leopard lily Lesser snapdragon Lily of the valley orchid Linden Lipstick plant Little fantasy peperomia Little zebra plant Living rock cactus Living stones Locust pods Lou-lang-t'ou Luther Madagascar jasmine Magnolia bush Mahonia aquifolium Malabar gourd Malaysian dracaema Manila palm Mapleleaf begonia Maranta Marbled fingernail Mariposa lily Maroon Mary-bud Measles plant Melons Metallic peperomia Metallic leaf begonia Mexican firecracker Mexican snowballs Mexican rosettes Minature maranta Minature marble plant Minature fish tail Miniature date palm Mistletoe cactus Mockernut hickory Mosaic plant Mosiac vase Moss phlox Moss agate Moss rose Moss campion Moss fern Mossy campion Mother fern Mother of pearl plant Mother spleenwort Mountain camellia Mountain grape Mulberry bush Musa paradisiaca Muscari spp. Muscari armeniacum Muskmellon Narrow leafed pleomele Natal plum Neanthe bella palm Neanthebella Nematanthus spp. Neoregelia Nephrolepsis Nerve plant New silver and bronze Night blooming cereus Odontoglossum spp. Old world orchid Old man cactus Orange star Oregon grape Ossifragi vase Paddys wig Painted lady Palm lily Pampus grass Panamiga Pansy orchid Paradise palm Parlor plant Parlor palm Parsley fern Peace begonia Peacock plant Pearl plant Pearly dots Peperomia peltifolia Peperomia rotundifolia Peperomia fosteri Peperomia sandersii Peperomia hederifolia Pepper face Persian violet Pheasant plant Piggy back plant Pigmy date palm Pignut hickory Pignut Pilea microphylla Pilea mucosa Pink polka dot plant Pink Pearl Pink starlite Pink Brocade Pirliteiro Pitaya Plantanus occidentalis Plantanus orientalis Platinum peperomia Platycerium alicicorne Plumbago larpentiae Plush plant Polka dot plant Polystichum falcatum Pony tail Porcelain flower Pot marigold Prairie snowball Prairie lily Prayer plant Prickly bottlebrush Prostrate coleus Purple waffle plant Purple baby tears Purple passion vine Purpleosier willow Queen's spiderwort Queencup Queens spiderwort Queensland arrowroot Rabbits foot fern Rainbow orchid Red african violet red veined prayer plant red berried greenbrier red hawthorne red palm lily red edge peperomia reed palm resurrection lily rex begonia rhynchophorum Ribbon plant Roosevelt fern Royal velvet plant Rubber plant, baby Russian olive Saffron spike zebra Saint Bernards lily Sand lily Sand verbena Satin pellionia Sawbrier Scabious Scarborough lily Scarlet orchid Scarlet sage Sego lily Shagbark hickory Shan ku'ei-lai Shellbark hickory Shiny leaf smilax Shrimp cactus Silver nerve plant Silver table fern Silver pink vine Silver bell Silver heart Silver star Silver berry Silver-leaf peperomia Silver tree anamiga Slender deutzia Small fruited hickory Smilax tamnoides vas hispida Speckled wood lily Spice orchid Spider ivy Spider plant Spotted laurel Squarenut Squirrels foot fern Star jasmine Star plant Star tulip Star window plant Star lily Strawberry Striped blushing Sugar pods Sulfur flower Summer hyacinth Swedish ivy Sweet william Sweetheart peperomia Sweetheart hoya Sword fern Tahitian bridal veil Tailed orchid Tall feather fern Tall mahonia Teasel gourd Texas sage Thea japonica Thimble cactus Thorn apple Ti hu-ling Tiger orchid Toad spotted cactus Torch lily Tous-les-mois Trailing peperomia Tree cactus Tree gloxinia Tropical moss True cantalope Tu fu-ling Tulip poplar Tulip tree Turban squash Turf lily Umbrella plant Urbinia agavoides Usambara violet Variegated philodendron leaf peperomia Variegated wax plant Variegated wandering jew Variegated oval leaf peperomia Variegated laurel Velvet plant Venus fly trap Verona fern Verona lace fern Vining peperomia Violet slipper gloxinia Waffle plant Walking anthericum Washington hawthorn Water hickory Watermelon peperomia Watermelon begonia Watermelon pilea Wax plant Wax rosette Weeping sergeant hemlock Weeping bottlebrush Weisdornbluten West indian gherkin Western sword White edged swedish ivy White heart hickory White ginger Whitman fern Wild buckwheat Wild buckwheat Wild sarsaparilla Wild lantana Wild strawberry Wild hyacinth Willow herb Windmill palm Winter cattleya Withered snapdragon Woolflower Yellow-flowered gourd Yellow bloodleaf Yerba linda Zebra haworthia Zebra plant Zinnia sp. Zucchini squash

This list is provided courtesy of The ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center. Neither The ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center nor The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. or their employees make any representation or warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the information in this list, and are released and not liable for any costs, damages, and expenses, including attorney fees arising from any claims, damages, or liabilities asserted by third parties arising from the use of this list.

Last Updated: June 8, 1998

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