Nicotiana obtusifolia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Nicotiana |
Species: | N. obtusifolia
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Binomial name | |
Nicotiana obtusifolia | |
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Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States[3] (from California to Utah to Texas) and Mexico.[2]
It is a woody perennial herb growing up to about 80 centimetres (31 in) in maximum height. The leaves have blades up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, the lower ones borne on short petioles, the upper ones smaller and clasping the stem. The funnel-shaped flower is white or green-tinged, its tubular throat up to 2.6 centimetres (1 in) long.
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Nicotiana obtusifolia in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
References[]
- ^ "Nicotiana trigonophylla". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nicotiana obtusifolia". Jepson Manual. 1993. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ^ "Nicotiana obtusifolia". PLANTS. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Nicotiana obtusifolia (desert tobacco)
- Jepson eFlora treatment of Nicotiana obtusifolia
- Nicotiana obtusifolia — CalPhotos archive gallery
Media related to Nicotiana obtusifolia at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Nicotiana
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Hidalgo (state)
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Puebla
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Solanales stubs