Chrysanthemum
Also known as Mum. One plant, one grade per pet — the verdicts below are transcribed from primary sources and human-reviewed.
Chrysanthemum is toxic to cats (S2 Irritant): its sesquiterpene lactones and pyrethrins cause vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, and incoordination, and contact can cause dermatitis — irritating, rarely serious.
FULL VERDICT →Chrysanthemum is toxic to dogs (S2 Irritant): its sesquiterpene lactones and pyrethrins cause vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, and incoordination, and contact can cause dermatitis.
FULL VERDICT →Care at a glance
What happens if it's eaten
Signs on record for each animal, transcribed from the cited sources.
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- hypersalivation
- incoordination
- dermatitis
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- hypersalivation
- incoordination
- dermatitis
When to call the vet
Call your vet if vomiting or diarrhea persists or worsens, your cat seems wobbly or unsteady, or a skin reaction spreads.
FULL VERDICT →Call your vet if vomiting or diarrhea persists or worsens, your dog seems wobbly or unsteady, or a skin reaction spreads.
FULL VERDICT →Safe swaps, graded S0
Non-toxic on record for cats — verified against the index at build time.
FAQ
Are mums and chrysanthemums the same plant — and does this cover daisies?
Mums and chrysanthemums are the same plant: the ASPCA carries two entries for Chrysanthemum spp., one under each name, and this page covers both. Daisies are a different matter. The ASPCA lists "daisy" as an alternative name on those entries, but daisy is a common name spread across many genera, and we don't let one plant's record stand in for a word that loose — so daisies are not covered here, and we have not graded them. If you have a plant sold as a daisy, treat it as ungraded rather than as a chrysanthemum, whichever grade that would have implied.