Plants safe for dogs, and plants toxic to dogs
Every plant here was checked against the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, veterinary references, poison control centers and university extension services. A plant is listed as safe only when a cited source says it is non-toxic to dogs, and every entry links to its sources.
We have checked 467 plants so far: 55 non-toxic to dogs, 107 toxic or mildly toxic, and 305 we can't call yet. The list grows as we check more.
Also for cats and kids, or check any plant.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
These filters come from our checked care guides, so for now they cover 11 of the 162 plants listed below.
Safe for dogs (55)
Each one has a cited source that calls it non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
Spider plantChlorophytum comosumNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0
Crimson cattleyaCattleya labiataNon-toxic
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5
Haworthiopsis attenuataNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
Burro's tailSedum morganianumNon-toxic
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Christmas cactusSchlumbergera truncataNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0
Wax plantHoya carnosaNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Yvan leduc, CC BY-SA 3.0
Prayer plantMaranta leuconeuraNon-toxic
Photo: rebecca bachman, CC0
Calathea orbifoliaGoeppertia orbifoliaNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Goeppertia makoyanaNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Cary Bass, CC BY-SA 3.0
Baby rubber plantPeperomia obtusifoliaNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0
Watermelon begoniaPeperomia argyraeaNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hoya kerriiNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0
FatsiaFatsia japonicaNon-toxic
Photo: Michael Berardozzi, CC BY 4.0
Boston fernNephrolepis exaltataNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Parlor palmChamaedorea elegansNon-toxic
Photo: Tequila 13:54, 24 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0
Areca palmChrysalidocarpus lutescensNon-toxic
Photo: Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0
Elkhorn fernPlatycerium bifurcatumNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: themaskedlapwing, CC0
Bamboo palmRhapis excelsaNon-toxic
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponytail palmBeaucarnea recurvataNon-toxic
Photo: juancruzado, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kentia palmHowea forsterianaNon-toxic
Photo: Black Diamond Images, CC BY 2.0
Cast iron plantAspidistra elatiorNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Miha Jurić, CC BY 4.0
African violetStreptocarpus ionanthusNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacusNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Meng-Ying Tsai, CC0
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulaNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Old Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0
Nerve plantFittonia albivenisNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Amanda Fisher, CC BY 4.0
Polkadot-plantHypoestes phyllostachyaNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: 葉子, CC0
Edible bananaMusa acuminataNon-toxic
Photo: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0
BasilOcimum basilicumNon-toxic
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0
Garden thymeThymus vulgarisNon-toxic
Photo: Ina Siebert, CC0
Droophead tufted airplantGuzmania lingulataNon-toxic
Photo: Letizia Weichgrebe, CC BY 4.0
CorianderCoriandrum sativumNon-toxic
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0
Field pumpkinCucurbita pepoNon-toxic
Photo: Dave Behm, CC0
LettuceLactuca sativaNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: en:User:Geographer, CC BY 1.0
RaspberryRubus idaeusNon-toxic
Photo: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0
Easter lilyLilium longiflorumNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: 葉子, CC0
Eastern purple coneflowerEchinacea purpureaNon-toxic
Sources: illinois.edu, dvm360.com
Photo: skylar_schell, CC0
Sweet alyssumLobularia maritimaNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0
Buzzy lizzyImpatiens wallerianaNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Samuel Zuluaga, CC BY 4.0
Zinnia elegansNon-toxic
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0
CamelliaCamellia japonicaNon-toxic
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiNon-toxic
Source: oregonstate.edu
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0
Crape myrtleLagerstroemia indicaNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0
CornZea maysNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0
WatermelonCitrullus lanatusNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0
BarleyHordeum vulgareNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: gerardbertrand, CC BY 4.0
GingerZingiber officinaleNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: Venkatx5, CC BY-SA 3.0
Common oatAvena sativaNon-toxic
Source: vcahospitals.com
Photo: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sweet potatoIpomoea batatasNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0
PeaLathyrus oleraceusNon-toxic
Source: cornell.edu
Photo: EL FHA, CC BY-SA 4.0
SpinachSpinacia oleraceaNon-toxic
Source: cornell.edu
Photo: Paulo Galvão, CC BY 4.0
DillAnethum graveolensNon-toxic
Photo: Tepeyac, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild celeryApium graveolensNon-toxic
Source: cornell.edu
Photo: MPF, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pot marigoldCalendula officinalisNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5
CornflowerCentaurea cyanusNon-toxic
Source: aspca.org
Photo: TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sri Lanka cinnamonCinnamomum verumNon-toxic
Source: ncsu.edu
Photo: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0