Is Sowbread Poisonous to Cats and Dogs?

Sowbread

The Sowbread is poisonous for both cats and dogs.

Typical symptoms include death, diarrhea, drooling, heart rhythm abnormalities, salivation, seizures and vomiting.

Sowbread is valued for its flowers and decorative leaves. They are a genus of 23 species in the family Primulaceae. They grow from tubers and blooms by any month of the year depending on the species. Sowbread are species eaten by the caterpillars.

The scientific name for this plant is Cyclamen spp. Additional name for this plant include Cycylamen, Ivy-Leaved Cyclamen and Sowbread.

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