Nicotiana obtusifolia (Desert Tobacco)

2/6/05 Meccacopia Trail, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA 

2/6/05 Meccacopia Trail

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Desert Tobacco

SPECIES: Nicotiana obtusifolia

FAMILY: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/6/2005

LOCATION: Meccacopia Trail, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA 

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial from woody base, 2–8 dm, glandular

Leaves 2–10 cm; lower leaves short-petioled, (ob)ovate; upper leaves ± narrowly ovate, clasping

Inflorescence: bracts < 20 mm, linear to lanceolate

Flower: calyx 10–15 mm, lobes ± = tube, ± equal, narrowly triangular; corolla ± funnel-shaped, greenish or dull white, tube and throat 15–26 mm, limb 8–10 mm wide; stamens unequal, filaments attached near base of tube

Fruit 8–10 mm

Ecology: Gravelly or rocky washes, slopes

Elevation: < 1600 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s East of Sierra Nevada, Desert 

Distribution outside California: to Utah, Texas, Mexico

Flowering time: Mar–Jun