It’s Monday again and The Equinest’s big day to terrorize horse owners with more plants your horse can’t eat. Today’s plant is a truly lovely and fragrant one, sadly your horse should not be allowed to enjoy the heady scent of the Evening Trumpet Flower…it’s deadly.
A Little About Evening Trumpet Flowers
Gelsemium sempervirens is also called Carolina Jasmine, Evening Trumpet Flower, Woodbine and Yellow Jasmine. This is an evergreen vine with dark, green and lenceolate leaves. Yellow flowers are fragrant, trumpet shaped and grow in clusters.
How Dangerous Is It?
Although common, this plant is highly unpalatable to equines and rarely a real problem. However it contains highly toxic strychnine-related alkaloids which can irritate the skin upon contact.
All parts of this plant are toxic and can be fatal to equines.
What To Look For
You know your animal the best, so you should know when something is amiss. Evening Trumpet Flower toxicity symptoms include weakness, dilated pupils, depressed respiratory system and paralysis.
Learn More
Be sure to check out the Evening Trumpet Flower page to learn more about the plant and while you are at it why not check out more toxic plants?
*It should be noted that I’m not a veterinarian. This information is written specifically for horses and should be used for reference purposes only. If you think your horse has eaten something toxic call your vet right away.