Wild Tobacco; Texas Wild Tobacco; Tobaco Cinnarron
Nicotiana repanda
Family: Solanaceae
Plant Description: Annual to 1.7 m tall with generally ovate clasping leaves 8-20 m long. Leaves alternate, become smaller as they move upwards. Rough stemmed. Flowers perfect, in racemes, the corolla 4.5-7.5 cm long, tubular, star-shaped fragrant and white.
Field Identification: Broad basally located wrinkled leaves with long, tubular flower with terminal racemes. Very large basal leaves becoming drastically smaller as they rise up the main stem.
Occurrence: Common on various soils. Found in Texas and Mexico. Full or partial sun. Status FAC
Bloom Time: March-November
Plant Use: Ethnobotanical use has been for smoking and medicinal purposes. used. Landscaping under the named Star Tobacco.”
Plant Trivia: Toxic to herbivores. Late afternoon bloomer. “Repanda” comes from the Latin word “repandus” meaning “turned up”, referring to the leaf margins. Fruit capsule, caryopsis.
Dichotomous Key to the Genus Nicotiana:
- Plant a tree or shrub, flowers yellow…………..N. glauca
- Plant herbaceous, flower white……………………..N. repanda
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