POISONOUS PLANTS
Children are often attracted to the colorful berries, flowers, fruits, and leaves of plants, but more than 700 typical plants in the United States and Canada have been identified as poisonous. Plants are a common cause of poisoning in preschool age children.
Here is a partial list of plants that are very dangerous---CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM EATING THESE PLANTS.
AUTUM CROCUS DELPHINIUM
AZALEA DIEFFENBACHIA (DUMBCANE)
BANEBERRY DURANTA
BELLADONNA FALSE HELLEBORE
BLACK CHERRY FOXGLOVE
BLACK LOCUST GOLDEN CHAIN
BUCKEYE HYACINTH
CALADIUM HYDRANGEA
CAPER SPURGE JEQUIRITY BEAN
CASTOR BEAN JESSAMINE
CHERRY JIMSON WEED
CHINABERRY LANTANA
DAFFODIL LARKSPUR
DAPHNE
LAUREL RHODODENDRON
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY RHUBARB LEAVES
LUPINE ROSARY PEA
MISTLETOE RUBBER VINE
MONKSHOD SANDBOX TREE
MOONSEED TANSY
MOUNTAIN LAUREL THORN APPLE
MUSHROOMS TOBACCO
NIGHTSHADE TUNG OIL TREE
OLEANDER WATER HEMLOCK
PHILODENDRON WHITE SNAKEROOT
POISON HEMLOCK YELLOW JASMINE
POKEWEED YELLOW OLEANDER
PRIVET YEW
If you think a child may have swallowed any part of a poisonous plant, first remove any remaining pieces from the child’s mouth. Then bring a piece of the plant to the phone and call your poison control center. Be sure the telephone number of the poison control center nearest you is posted by each phone. Keep an up-to-date container of syrup of ipecac available in case the poison control center tells you to use it to make the child vomit a poisonous substance.
PHONE NUMBER OF LOCAL POISON CONTROL CENTER:
