Toxic, edible or inedible?

The plant characteristics

If you receive a potted plant or a bouquet of flowers as a gift, you often don't even know which plant it is. You can recognize ornamental asparagus by these characteristics:

• Very delicate foliage.
• Thorny leaf spur.
• In optimal location conditions, the plant forms tiny, white single flowers.
• Small red berries appear after flowering.
• The growth is more or less upright. The shoots can also grow protruding overhanging.
• Tuberous thickened root.

Is Asparagus densiflorus poisonous?

The ornamental asparagus is unfortunately one of the poisonous houseplants. However, it does not contain all parts of the plant, only the small berries, toxins. The leaves and stems, on the other hand, are non-toxic and therefore harmless to pets and children who should nibble on the leaves.

However, the toxicity of the berries should not be underestimated. If people or animals eat them, it can lead to symptoms of poisoning such as:

• Nausea,
• Vomit,
• Stomach pain,
• Headache,
• Dizziness,
• general malaise,

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Therefore, make sure that you position the plant in such a way that children or pets cannot get to the berries. House tigers in particular are very tempted to play with the small, red balls. When rolling through the apartment, however, these can burst and the cat licks up the juice.

Should you experience any of the above symptoms in a person or your pet, take care of one Ornamental asparagus, which also bears berries, is advisable to see a doctor or veterinarian immediately to seek out.