Solanaceae
Aztec tobacco
Nicotiana rustica
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Nicotiana
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- تبغ صدئي
- Armenian
- Մախորկա
- arz
- تبغ صدئى
- Azerbaijani
- Tənbəki
- Basque
- Basatabako
- Belarusian
- Махорка
- Catalan
- Tabac de pota
- Chinese
- 黄花烟草, 大千生, 小花烟, 山菸
- Croatian
- Divlji duhan
- cv
- Ялти темех
- Czech
- Tabák selský
- Danish
- Bondetobak
- Dutch
- Boerentabak
- English
- Aztec tobacco, Mahorka
- Estonian
- Mahorkatubakas
- Finnish
- Palturitupakka
- frr
- Büüren Tabak
- Georgian
- Წეკო
- German
- Machorka
- Greek
- Νικοτιάνη η αγροίκα, Μαχόρκα
- gsw
- Buure-Tabak
- Hebrew
- ניקוטיאנה רוסטיקה
- Hungarian
- Kapadohány
- Japanese
- マルバタバコ, ニコチアナ・ルスティカ
- Korean
- 마파초
- Kyrgyz
- Махорка
- Lithuanian
- Kaimiškasis tabakas
- Macedonian
- Селски тутун
- mis
- Lënii kwshatay
- Nepali
- सुर्ती
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bondetobakk
- Persian
- توتون
- Polish
- Tytoń bakun
- Russian
- Махорка
- Serbian
- Divlji duvan
- sgs
- Makuorka
- Swedish
- Bondtobak
- Thai
- ยาสูบเล็ก, ยาสูบนิโคติน
- Ukrainian
- Махорка
- Uzbek
- Maxorka
- Vietnamese
- Thuốc lào
- Welsh
- Baco gwyllt
Synonyms
- Nicotia rustica Opiz
- Nicotiana asiatica Schult.
- Nicotiana brasilia hort. ex Steud.
- Nicotiana humilis Link
- Nicotiana minor Garsault
- Nicotiana pavonii Dunal
- Nicotiana pavonii var. pavonii
- Nicotiana pavonii var. rotundifolia Comes
- Nicotiana rugosa Mill.
- Nicotiana rustica var. pavonii (Dunal) Goodsp.
- Nicotiana rustica var. rustica
- Nicotiana rustica var. texana (Maxim.) Comes
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, May to December (from 57 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Angelika Baumann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hungda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hungda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fotógrafo: François Delonnay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: monkeyjodey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noemi Guerrero, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Longflower tobaccoNicotiana longifloraSolanaceae
- TobaccoNicotiana glutinosaSolanaceae
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- African tobaccoNicotiana africanaSolanaceae
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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.