The Paper White is poisonous for both cats and dogs.
Typical symptoms include abdominal pain, cardiac arrhythmias, diarrhea, drooling, large ingestions cause convulsions, low blood pressure, nausea, tremors, salvation and vomiting.
Paper White are well known before both botanically and medicinally. Its scientific Narcissus is linked to the greek word for intoxicated (narcotic) and the myth of the youth of that name who was fixated on himself. It has white or yellow flowers with 6 petal-like tepals surmounted by a trumpet-shaped corona.
The scientific name for this plant is Narcissus spp. Additional name for this plant include Daffodil, Jonquil, Morning Glory and Narcissus.
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