[The Potato or Nightshade Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Wild Tobacco East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Nicotiana

Coyote Tobacco Nicotiana attenuata

Coyote tobacco: Nicotiana attenuata

Manyflower Tobacco, Many-flowered Tobacco: Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora - Leaves often wider and herbage more densely haired, the hairs longer, shaggy and more glandular than the species below. Calyx with 5 main veins (1 per lobe) black-striped. Calyx lobes linear, 5-7 mm long, equal to or longer than the calyx tube. Corolla tube up to 6 cm long with flaring limb 12-22 mm wide. Found near Clarno, OR.

Coyote Tobacco Nicotiana attenuata - Leaves often narrower and the herbage shorter, less shaggy and less glandular than the species above. Calyx lobes not black-striped. The calyx lobes not linear but instead are triangular in outline. Corolla tube up to 3.5 cm long with the flaring limb 10-14 mm wide. Found east of the Cascade Mts. from British Columbia south to Mexico and east through the Pacific Northwest to Idaho and south through Nevada to Arizona and New Mexico.


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