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Desert Tobacco,

Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Mart. & Gal.

Nicotiana obtusifolia

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Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States[4] (from California to Utah to Texas) and Mexico.[3]

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.

Nicotiana obtusifolia in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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Nicotiana obtusifolia: Brief Summary

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Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States (from California to Utah to Texas) and Mexico.

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.

Nicotiana obtusifolia in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
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