Toxic Plants (old page)

This is an attempt at a comprehensive list of known toxic and poisonous plants to rabbits. A plant not on this list does not mean that it is safe for a rabbit to consume. A list of known foods safe for rabbit consumption is located in Vegetables and Treats.

Where available, the parts to be avoided will be enclosed in parentheses. Plants with multiple common names can appear multiple times on this list.

If you suspect your rabbit has ingested an unsafe plant, please call your vet and/or your local poison control center, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 1-888-426-4435 ($65 credit card charge), or Pet Poison Helpline at 800-213-6680 ($39 credit card charge).

List of Toxic Plants
A


 * Acokanthera (fruit, flowers)
 * Aconite
 * Agapanthus
 * Agave (leaves)
 * Almond
 * Aloe vera
 * Alsike clover
 * Amaryllis (bulbs)
 * Amaryllis belladonna (bulbs)
 * Amanita
 * Andromeda
 * Anemone
 * Angel's Trumpet (flowers, leaves, seeds)
 * Anthurium
 * Apple (seeds)
 * Apple Leaf Croton
 * Apricot (all parts except fruit)
 * Arrowgrass
 * Arrowhead Vine
 * Asian Lily
 * Asparagus Fern
 * Atropa belladonna
 * Australian Nut
 * Autumn Crocus
 * Avocado - Contains persin, which can cause heart attacks.
 * Azalea

B


 * Baccharis
 * Balsam
 * Balsam apple [Momordica balsamina] (seeds, outer rind of fruit)
 * Balsam pear [Momordica charantia] (seeds, outer rind of fruit)
 * Baneberry (berries, roots, foliage)
 * Barbados Lilly
 * Beach Pea
 * Beargrass
 * Beefsteak plant
 * Begonia
 * Belladonna, Atropa
 * Belladonna Lily (bulbs)
 * Betel-nut Palm
 * Bird of Paradise bush (seeds, pods)
 * Bittersweet, American & European (berries)
 * Black Henbane
 * Black Nightshade
 * Black Walnut (hulls)
 * Bleeding Heart (foliage, roots)
 * Bloodroot
 * Bluebonnet
 * Boston Ivy
 * Buddhist Pine
 * Busy Lizzie
 * Black Locust (seeds, bark, sprouts, foliage)
 * Bloodroot
 * Branching Ivy
 * Buckeye (seeds, sprouts, nuts)
 * Buckthorn (berries, fruit, bark)
 * Bull Nettle
 * Buttercup (leaves, sap, bulbs)
 * Baccharis
 * Balsam
 * Beargrass
 * Begonia
 * Bird of Paradise
 * Bittersweet (berries)
 * Bitterweed(s)
 * Black Root
 * Bladderpod
 * Bloodroot
 * Bluebonnet
 * Blue Cohosh
 * Blue-green Algae
 * Bog Kalmia
 * Boston Ivy
 * Bottlebrush (flowers)
 * Boxwood
 * Bracken Fern
 * Branching Ivy
 * Broomcorn
 * Broomweed
 * Bull Nettle
 * Bunchberry
 * Burroweed

C


 * Cactus Thorn
 * Caladium
 * Calendula
 * Calico Bush
 * Calla Lily (rhizome, leaves)
 * Caladiur (leaves)
 * Carnation
 * Carolina Jessamine
 * Castor Bean (seed, leaves - castor oil)
 * Celastrus
 * Ceriman
 * China Doll
 * Chinese Bellflower
 * Chinese Lantern
 * Chinese Evergreen
 * Christmas Candle (sap)
 * Christmas Rose
 * Chrysanthemum
 * Cineraria
 * Clematis
 * Climbing Nightshade
 * Clivia (a.k.a Kaffir Lily)
 * Coffee Bean
 * Cone Flower
 * Cordatum
 * Corn Plant
 * Cowbane
 * Cowslip
 * Crown of Thorns
 * Cuban Laurel
 * Cutleaf Philodendron
 * Cycads
 * Cyclamen
 * Cactus Thorn
 * Caesalpinia (seeds, pods)
 * Caladium
 * California Fern
 * California Geranium
 * California Holly (leaves)
 * Calla
 * Candelabra Cactus
 * Cardinal Flower
 * Carnation
 * Carolina Jessamine
 * Casava (roots, sap)
 * Cassine (berries)
 * Century Plant
 * Ceriman
 * Chalice Vine
 * Cherries, Wild and Cultivated (twigs, foliage, bark, pits)
 * Cherry, Jerusalem (fruits, leaves)
 * Cherry Laurel
 * Cherry, Natal (berries)
 * Chinaberry Tree
 * Chokecherry (seeds, leaves)
 * Christmas Berry (leaves)
 * Christmas Rose
 * Cineraria
 * Clematis
 * Cloak Fern
 * Cocklebur
 * Coffee Bean
 * Cohosh
 * Colorado Rubberweed
 * Columbine
 * Common Privet
 * Cone Flower
 * Coral Berry (seeds)
 * Coral Plant (seeds)
 * Cordatum
 * Corn Cockle
 * Corn Lily
 * Corn Plant
 * Cotoneaster
 * Covotillo (berries)
 * Cowslip
 * Crab's Eye (seeds)
 * Creeping Charlie (not the houseplant)
 * Cress/crucifers/mustard
 * Crocus (corms)
 * Croton
 * Crown of Thorns
 * Crown Vetch
 * Crow Poison
 * Cuban Laurel
 * Cuckoopint
 * Curcas Bean (seeds, oil)
 * Cutleaf Philodendron
 * Cycads
 * Cyclamen

D


 * Daisy
 * Day Lily
 * Deadly Nightshade
 * Devil's Ivy
 * Dogbane
 * Dracaena
 * Dutchman's Breeches
 * Daffodil
 * Daisy
 * Daphne
 * Delphinium
 * Datura
 * Deadly Amanita
 * Deadly Nightshade
 * Death Camas
 * Death Cup
 * Desert Tobacco
 * Destroying Angel
 * Devils Tomato
 * Dianthus
 * Dieffenbachina
 * Dogwood (fruit)
 * Doll's Eyes (berries, roots, foliage)
 * Dracaena Palm
 * Dragon Tree
 * Drymary
 * Dumbcane
 * Durra
 * Dutchman's Pipe

E


 * Easter Lily
 * Eggplant (all but fruit)
 * Elderberry (unripe berries, roots, stems)
 * Emerald Feather
 * English Laurel
 * Eucalyptus
 * Elaine
 * Elephant Ear
 * Emerald Duke
 * English Ivy
 * Euonymus
 * Euphorbia (leaves, flowers, sap)
 * Evening Trumpet
 * Exotica Perfection
 * Eyebane

F


 * False Hellebore
 * Fireweed
 * Flamingo Plant
 * Florida Beauty
 * Flowering Maple
 * Flowering Tobacco
 * False Henbane
 * False Hellebore
 * False Parsley
 * Fiddle-leaf Fig
 * Fiddleneck - Fruit and Bark
 * Firecracker
 * Firethorn
 * Florida Beauty
 * Flowering Beauty
 * Flowering Tobacco
 * Fluffy Ruffles
 * Fly Agaric
 * Fly-poison
 * Fool's Parsley
 * Four o'clock
 * Foxglove
 * Frijolito
 * Fruit Salad Plant

G


 * Garden Sorrel
 * Geranium
 * German Ivy
 * Giant Touch-me-not
 * Glacier Ivy
 * Gladiola
 * Glory Lily
 * Gold Dust
 * Golden Chain
 * Golden Pothos
 * Green Gold
 * Garden Sorrel
 * Gelsemium
 * German Ivy
 * Ghostweed
 * Giant Dumbcane
 * Glacier Ivy
 * Gladiola
 * Glecoma Hederacea
 * Glory Ivy
 * Goatweed
 * Gold Dieffenbachia
 * Gold Dust Dracaena
 * Goldenchain Tree (seeds, pods)
 * Golden Pothos
 * Golden-toothed Aloe
 * Greasewood
 * Green-gold Nephythytis
 * Ground Ivy
 * Guajillo

H


 * Hahn's Ivy
 * Hairy Vetch
 * Hart Ivy
 * Hawaiian Ti
 * Heartleaf Philodendron
 * Heavenly Bamboo
 * Hemlock, Poison (all parts)
 * Hemlock, Water (all parts)
 * Henbane (seeds)
 * Hogwart
 * Holly (berries)
 * Horse Chestnut (nuts, twigs)
 * Horsehead Philodendron
 * Horsetail Reed
 * Hurricane Plant
 * Hydrangea
 * Halogeton
 * Hawaiian Baby Wood Rose
 * Heart Ivy
 * Heartleaf
 * Hedge Apples
 * Hellebore
 * Hemlock
 * Hemp, Indian (leaves)
 * Henbane, Black
 * Hyacinth
 * Hydrangea

I


 * Impatiens
 * Indian Hemp
 * Indian Rubber
 * Indigo
 * Inkberry
 * Ivy, Boston & English (berries, leaves)
 * Impatiens
 * Indian Laurel
 * Indian Tobacco
 * Indian Turnip
 * Indigo
 * Inkweed
 * Iris
 * Ivy

J


 * Jack-in-the-Pulpit
 * Japanese Euonymus
 * Japanese Show Lily
 * Japanese Yew
 * Jasmine
 * Java Bean (uncooked bean)
 * Jessamine
 * Johnson Grass
 * Jonquil
 * Juniper (needles, stems, berries)
 * Jamestown Weed
 * Jatropha (seed, oil)
 * Jequirity Bean (seeds)
 * Jerusalem Cherry
 * Jessamine, Night Blooming
 * Jimmy Fern
 * Jimson Weed
 * Johnson Grass
 * Jonquil

K


 * Kafir
 * Klamath Weed
 * Kingcup

L


 * Laburnum (all parts)
 * Lace Fern
 * Lacy Tree Philodendron
 * Larkspur
 * Laurel
 * Laurel Cherry
 * Lily of the Valley
 * Lima Bean (uncooked bean)
 * Lobelia
 * Locoweed
 * Lords and Ladies
 * Lupine
 * Lady Slipper
 * Lambkill (leaves)
 * Lantana (immature berries)
 * Larkspur
 * Lecheguilla
 * Ligustrum
 * Lobelia
 * Lupine

M


 * Macadamia Nut
 * Madagascar Dragon Tree
 * Manchineel Tree
 * Mauna Loa Peace Lily
 * Meadow Saffron
 * Medicine Plant
 * Mesquite
 * Mexican Breadfruit
 * Milk Bush
 * Milkweed
 * Moonflower
 * Morning Glory
 * Mother-in-law
 * Mountain Laurel
 * Mustard (root)
 * Machineel
 * Madagascar Dragon Tree
 * Majesty
 * Mandrake
 * Marble Queen
 * Marijuana
 * Marsh Marigold
 * Mayapple
 * Medicine Plant
 * Mescal (cactus tops)
 * Mescal Bean
 * Mesquite
 * Mexican Breadfruit
 * Mexicantes
 * Milkvetch
 * Milkweed
 * Milo
 * Miniature Croton
 * Mistletoe
 * Moccasin Flower
 * Mock Orange
 * Monkshood
 * Moonseed
 * Mother-in-law
 * Mushroom

N


 * Nandina
 * Needlepoint Ivy
 * Nicotiana
 * Nutmeg
 * Narcissus
 * Nephthytis
 * Nightshades

O


 * Oak (acorns, foliage)
 * Oleander (leaves, branches, nectar)
 * Oxalis
 * Orange Milkweed
 * Orange Sneezeweed
 * Ornamental Tobacco

P


 * Panda
 * Parlor Ivy
 * Parsnip
 * Patience Plant
 * Peace Lily
 * Peach (leaves, twigs, pits)
 * Pear (seeds)
 * Pencil Cactus
 * Peony
 * Periwinkle
 * Peyote
 * Philodendron (leaves, stem)
 * Plum (pits)
 * Plumosa Fern
 * Poison Hemlock
 * Poison Ivy
 * Poison Oak
 * Pokeweed
 * Potato (eyes & new shoots, green parts)
 * Precatory Bean
 * Primrose
 * Primula
 * Privet
 * Purple Thornapple
 * Palma Christi (seeds, leaves)
 * Panda
 * Paper Flowers
 * Paradise Plant
 * Parlor Ivy
 * Parsnip
 * Partridge Breast
 * Pear, Balsam (seeds, outer rind)
 * Pencilbush
 * Pencil Cactus
 * Pennyroyal Mint
 * Peregrina (seeds, oil)
 * Perill Mint
 * Philodendron
 * Pigweed
 * Pingue
 * Pinks
 * Poinciana (green seeds, pods)
 * Poinsettia (leaves, sap, flowers)
 * Poison Hemlock
 * Poison Ivy
 * Poison Nut
 * Poison Oak
 * Poison Parsnip
 * Poison Sumac
 * Pokeberry (root)
 * Pokeroot (root)
 * Poke Salad (root)
 * Poppy (except California)
 * Pot Mum
 * Pathos
 * Prickly Copperweed
 * Prickly Poppy
 * Primrose
 * Primula
 * Purge Nut (seed, oil)
 * Purple Sesbane
 * Psychic Nut (seed, oil)
 * Pyracantha

Q


 * Queen Anne's Lace
 * Queensland Nut

R


 * Ranunculus
 * Red Emerald
 * Red Lily
 * Red Princess
 * Ribbon Plant
 * Ripple Ivy
 * Rubrum Lily
 * Rattlebox
 * Rattleweed
 * Rayless Goldenrod
 * Red Emerald
 * Red Margined Dracaena
 * Red Princess
 * Red Sage (green berries)
 * Rhododendron
 * Rhubarb
 * Ribbon Plant
 * Ripple Ivy
 * Rosary Bean (seeds)
 * Rosary Pea
 * Rum Cherry (withered leaves)

S


 * Sago Palm
 * Schefflera
 * Self-branching Ivy
 * Sennabean
 * Shamrock Plant
 * Silver Pothos
 * Skunk Cabbage
 * Snake Palm
 * Solomon's Seal
 * Spindleberry
 * Star of Bethlehem
 * Stinkweed
 * String of Pearls
 * Sweet Pea (seeds, fruit)
 * Sweet Potato
 * Sweetheart Ivy
 * Swiss Cheese Plant
 * Sacahuista
 * Saddle Leaf Philodendron
 * Sage, some types (leaves)
 * Sand Begonia
 * Satin Pothos
 * Scotch Broom (seeds)
 * Senecio
 * Sesbane(s)
 * Shamrock Plant
 * Sheep Laurel (leaves)
 * Silverleaf
 * Silverling
 * Silver Pothos
 * Slinkweed
 * Snapdragon
 * Snapweed
 * Snow on the Mountain
 * Solanum (berries)
 * Solomon's Seal
 * Sorghum
 * Snake Palm
 * Snakeroot, White
 * Snakeweed
 * Spathe Flower
 * Spider Mum
 * Split Leaf Philodendron
 * Spotted Dumb Cane
 * Sprengeri Fern
 * Spurge (leaves, flowers)
 * Squill
 * Squirrel Corn
 * Staggergrass
 * Star of Bethlehem
 * Stinkweed
 * St. Johnswort
 * Stranomium
 * String of Beads
 * Striped Dracaena
 * Sudan Grass
 * Swamp Laurel
 * Sweet Potato
 * Sweet William

T


 * Tansy
 * Taro Vine
 * Thornapple
 * Tiger Lily
 * Toadstools
 * Tobacco (leaves)
 * Tomato (leaves, vines)
 * Tree Philodendron
 * Tulip
 * Taro
 * Toadstools
 * Touch Me Not
 * Toyon (leaves)
 * Tropic Snow
 * True Aloe
 * Trumpet Plant
 * Trumpet Vine
 * Tullidora (berries)
 * Turpentine Weed

U
 * Umbrella Plant

V


 * Vetch (Hairy)
 * Vinca
 * Violet (seeds)
 * Virginia Creeper (berries, sap)
 * Variegated Philodendron
 * Venus Flytrap
 * Victoria Regia

W
 * Walnuts (hulls, green shells)
 * Water Hemlock
 * Weeping Fig
 * Western Lily
 * Wild Carrots
 * Wild Cucumber
 * Wild Parsnip
 * Wild Peas
 * Wisteria (all parts)
 * Wood Lily
 * Wood-rose
 * Warneckei Dracaena
 * White Snakeroot
 * Wild Blackberry (withered leaves)
 * Wild Jasmine
 * Windflower
 * Wolfsbane
 * Woodbine (Sap)
 * Woody Nightshade (berries)

Y
 * Yam Bean (roots, immature pods)
 * Yellow Jasmine
 * Yew (needles, seeds, berries)
 * Yucca
 * Yaupon Holly (berries)
 * Yellow Knapweed
 * Yellow Oleander
 * Yellow Star Thistle
 * Yerba Depasmo

Additional Resources

 * Rabbit Advocates, Toxic Plants
 * ASPCA, Animal Poison Control Center
 * Sacramento House Rabbit Society, Plants Poisonous to Rabbits
 * Sacramento House Rabbit Society, Cindy Fisher, Poisonous Plants for Rabbits
 * 3 Bunnies Rabbit Rescue, Inc., Poisonous Plants
 * Kathy Smith, Common House Plants – What is Safe and What Isn't?
 * San Diego House Rabbit Society, Poisonous Plants
 * Medirabbit, Camilla Bergstrøm, Toxic plants
 * The Merck Manual for Pet Health, Plants Poisonous to Animals
 * Petco, Dangerous Foods and Plants