Indian tobacco
Nicotiana quadrivalvis Pursh
Nicotiana quadrivalvis, known as Indian tobacco, is a wild tobacco species native to the western United States. It is an annual herb that can grow up to two meters tall, with lower leaves up to 15 cm long and upper leaves smaller and sessile. The plant produces an inflorescence of several white, greenish, or purple-tinged flowers with tubular throats up to 5 cm long. The fruit is a capsule up to 2 cm in length.
Description
Nicotiana quadrivalvis is a member of the Solanaceae family and is found in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Oregon. It is a bushy, sprawling annual herb with a maximum height of two meters. The lower leaves are up to 15 cm long and have short petioles, while the upper leaves are smaller and sessile on the stem. The flowers are arranged in an inflorescence and have tubular throats up to 5 cm long, with the base enclosed in a ridged calyx of sepals. The flower face may be 5 cm wide. The plant produces a capsule fruit up to 2 cm in length. A variety, N. quadrivalvis var. multivalvis, is known as Columbian tobacco.
Other common names
Indian tobacco
Distribution
Arizona · California · Nevada · Oregon
Synonyms
Amphipleis fetidaAmphipleis quadrivalvisDictyocalyx multivalvisDictyocalyx quadrivalvisNicotiana bigeloviiNicotiana bigelovii var. bigeloviiNicotiana bigelovii var. wallaceiNicotiana multivalvisNicotiana plumbaginifolia var. bigeloviiNicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigeloviiNicotiana quadrivalvis var. multivalvisNicotiana quadrivalvis var. quadrivalvisNicotiana quadrivalvis var. wallaceiPolydiclis multivalvisPolydiclis quadrivalvis
