Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas
When I started putting a list together of plants toxic to alpacas, I was amazed that any of our animals are still alive!
While there are a lot of plants on this list, it is not exhaustive. Please speak with your veterinarian in your area to discuss other potentially toxic plants to alpacas.
| Aconite | Doll's Eyes | Oxalis |
| Acorns | Drymary | Pacific Poison Oak |
| African rue | Dumb cane | Pasque flower |
| Agave Lechuguilla | Easter Lillies | Philodendron |
| Amaryllis | Eggplant | Pin Cherry |
| Arrow Grass | Elderberry | Podocarpus |
| Autumn crocus | Elephant ears | Poinciana |
| Avocado | English Holly | Poinsettia |
| Azalea | English Ivy | Poision Hemlock |
| Bagpod | Eucalyptus | Poison ivy |
| Baneberry | Eyebane | Poison Oak |
| Barberry | False hellebore | Poison suckleys |
| Bear grass | Fiddleneck | Poison sumac |
| Belladonna | Firecracker | Pokeweed |
| Bellyache-bush | Foxglove | Poppy |
| Big sagebrush, | Foxtails | Potato plant |
| Bird of Paradise | Geranium | Pothos |
| Bitter weed | Gingko Tree | Prince's plume |
| Bittersweet | Golden chain (shower) tree | Privet |
| Black laurel | Greasewood | Pyrocantha |
| Black locust | Groundsel | Ragwort |
| Black Snakeroot | Gum weed | Rattlebox |
| Black Walnut | Halogeton glomeratus | Rattleweed |
| Bladder pod | Hemlock | Rayless goldenrod |
| Bleeding heart | Hemp | Rhododendron |
| BLISTER BEETLES | Henbane | Rhubarb |
| Bloodroot | Holly berry | Rock Poppy |
| Blue Cohosh | Horse Chestnut | Rubberweed |
| Blue Flag | Horsebrush | Russian thistle |
| Box - (Blue-Green Algae) | Horsenettle | Rusty-Leaf |
| Boxwood | Hyacinth | Rye Grass |
| Bracken fern | Hydrangea blossom | Sand Begonia |
| Broccoli | Indian Hemp | Sandberg Bluegrass |
| Broom Corn | Indian Poke | Sandcorn |
| Broom snakeweed | Ink weed | Senecio |
| Brussel Sprouts | Inkberry | Sesbane |
| Buckeyes | Iris | Sesbania |
| Buckwheat | Ivy bush | Silverling |
| Buffalo Burr | Jack-in-the-pulpit | Skunk cabbage |
| Bur sage | Jequirity bean | Snakeberry |
| Burroweed | Jerusalem cherry | Sneezeweed |
| Buttercups | Jimsonweed | Snow-on-the-mountain |
| Butterfly weed | Johnson Grass | Sorghum |
| Cabbage | Jonquil | Spathe Flower |
| Calamondin orange tree | Juniper | Spindle Tree |
| Calla lily | Kale | Spurges |
| Camas lily | Klamath weed | St. Johnswort |
| Carnation | Labrador Tea | Stagger Grass |
| Castor bean | Laburnum | Star Lily |
| Cat claw | Lantana | Star of Bethlehem |
| Celandine | Larkspurs | Stinging Nettles |
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Laurel | String of pearls |
| Cherry | Leopard Bane | Tansy ragwort |
| Chinaberry | Lillies | Thornapple |
| Chokecherry | Lily of the Valley | Thornapple |
| Christmas cherry | Lima Beans | Tobacco Tree |
| Christmas rose | Lobelia | Tobacco |
| Cocklebur | Locoweed | Tomato leaves |
| Coffeeweed | Lupine | Trumpet Vine |
| Corn Lily | Manchineel | Tulip |
| Cowbane | Mandrake | UREA |
| Cowslip | Maple - Red | Velvet Grass |
| Cress | Marijuana | Vetch |
| Crocus | Mayapple | Violet Seeds |
| Crotalaria | Mescal bean | Walnut |
| Crow poison | Water hemlock | |
| Crowfoot | Milkweed | Western Wheatgrass |
| Crown of Thorns | Mistletoe | White Cohosh |
| Crucifers | Monensin | White Hellebore |
| Crucifers | Monkshood | White Ragweed |
| Curlycup Gumweed. | Morning glory | White snakeroot |
| Cyclamen | Mountain Laurel | Wild Black Cherry |
| Daffodil | Mountain mahogany | Wild carrots |
| Daisy | Mushrooms | Wild Cherry |
| Daphne | Mustards | Wild Cucumber |
| Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna) | MYCOTOXINS and MOLDS | Wild Parsnip |
| Deathcamas | Narcissus | Wild Peas |
| Devils ivy | Needlepoint ivy | Wild Plums |
| Devils Weed | Nightshade (black) berry | Wisteria |
| Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane) | Oak | Wolfsbane |
| Dock | Oak Brush (shrub) | Yellow Flag |
| Dogbane | Oak tree | Yellow Jasmine |
| Dogtooth Lilly | Oleander | Yellow Jessamine |
| Onions | Yew tree |
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