Solanaceae
Desert tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Nicotiana
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- تبغ مفلطح الأوراق
- arz
- تبغ مفلطح الاوراق
- Chinese
- 三角叶烟草
- English
- Desert tobacco, Desert tobacco,
Synonyms
- Nicotiana glandulosa Buckley
- Nicotiana multiflora Torr.
- Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia
- Nicotiana obtusifolia var. palmeri (A.Gray) Kartesz
- Nicotiana palmeri A.Gray
- Nicotiana trigonophylla Dunal
- Nicotiana trigonophylla var. ipomopsiflora (Dunal ex DC.) Comes
- Nicotiana trigonophylla var. palmeri (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
- Nicotiana trigonophylla var. pulla Comes
- Nicotiana trigonophylla var. trigonophylla
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.