Solanaceae

Coyote tobacco

Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S.Watson

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Nicotiana

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Coyote tobacco: Nicotiana attenuata in Lovell Canyon , Spring Mountains , southern Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: تبغ هزيل
arz: تبغ هزيل
English: Coyote tobacco
Greek: Νικοτιανή η λεπτυσμένη
Korean: 니코티아나 아테뉴아타
nv: Dlǫ́ʼii nátʼoh

Synonyms

Nicotiana torreyana A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Felipe Yon, Pil-Joon Seo, Jae Y Ryu, Chung-Mo Park, Ian T Baldwin and Sang-Gyu K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KGroten, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KGroten, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.