do you think "star of Christmas" is a poisonous flower? turns out many other flowers are worse.https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/koti/c712b812-e6e3-43f5-be14-150bb90ed096star of christmas and cactus of christmas are two plants you wont expect to find in Finland because they cant stand coldyet they are kept inside homesand people think they are really toxicstar of christmas is not nearly as toxic as people think due to rumorssomeones cat ate the whole flower and the cat diedwell it just so happens that a cat weighs 3.3 kg so there is too much poison in the plant for himif a normal weight person eats the plant he would not die>usually causes upset stomach and pain in the mouth at worstother plants are much worse:-amaryllis-azalea-hyacinthusthey will all kill your pet easily (a small piece of plant is eaten, even licking it maybe enough)if you are concerned just get a christmas cactus, its completely non poisonous but cactus needles will still hurt your pets
poor cat
>>523925657>turns out many other flowers are worsewhat does that have to do with the poisonous status of the aforementioned plant, op?
>>523926477I dont know but thats how the article was written: "christmas star less poisonous than many other popular flowers despite rumours of it being especially poisonous"
