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Camp Verde area - Sue Smith


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Nicotiana obtusifolia - desert tobacco

Synonyms: Nicotiana trigonophylla
Other Common Names: coyote tobacco, tobacco plant
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Solanaceae


   
 
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Flower and buds
Camp Verde area
Sue Smith
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Camp Verde area
Sue Smith
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Camp Verde area
Sue Smith
Plant - summer
Camp Verde area
Sue Smith
Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Biennial or perennial
General Desc: A small, bushy plant with white tubular flowers loosely clustered at the top of the leafy stems.
Identification notes: Biennial or perennial, woody base; to 3 feet tall; stems erect, sometimes branching; herbage sticky, hairy. Sepals about equaling the capsule, flowers white or greenish-white, tubular, in clusters. Upper leaves clasping, lower leaves stemmed.
Height: To 3 feet


Habitat

Habitat Description: Along washes, rocky slopes, canyons, base of rocky slopes and creosote bushes. Usually much lower than 6900 feet.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: Below 6900 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: White or greenish-white     Shape: Regular in elongated clusters     Tubular: Y     Flowering Period: Jan - Dec
Description: The tubular white flowers are 1/2 to 1 inch long with 5 blunted spreading lobes. They are in a loosely branched cluster at the top of the stems. May flower year round at lower elevations.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Round or oval     Leaf Margin: Smooth     Leaf Attachment: Alternate     Leaves Clasp: Y
Hairs: Leaves and stems     Spines: N
Leaf Description: The oval leaves and stems are 3/4 to 4 inches long and are both hairy and sticky. Lower leaves with stems and upper leaves clasping.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green to brown   
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: The oblong capsule is 1/3 to 1/2 inch long.
Seed Notes: Many tiny dark reddish-brown seeds.



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