PLANTS Profile for Nicotiana obtusifolia (desert tobacco)

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PLANTS Profile

Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti
desert tobacco

Symbol:

NIOB

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert Preserve. April 20, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

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Distribution:
Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti


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USA (AZ, CA, MD, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 22 species in Nicotiana or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti var. obtusifolia. . Image Available.

Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia
desert tobacco

Distribution of Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti var. palmeri (A. Gray) Kartesz. .

Nicotiana obtusifolia var. palmeri
desert tobacco

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Nicotiana L. – tobacco
Species	Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti – desert tobacco

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

Nicotiana trigonophylla [=NIOBO]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Nicotiana obtusifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 508057.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 01:44 PM CDT