NATIVEHabit: Annual 3--20 dm, glandular-hairy.
Leaf: 4--15 cm; basal, lower cauline short-petioled, elliptic to ovate; upper sessile, reduced.
Inflorescence: bracts < 35 mm, +- linear.
Flower: calyx 15--20 mm, 10-ridged, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 1 > tube or not; corolla +- salverform, white, green- or violet-tinged, tube 25--50 mm, limb 20--50 mm wide; stamens unequal, attached at various levels above tube middle.
Fruit: 15--20 mm.
Ecology: Open, well-drained washes, slopes;
Elevation: < 1500 m.
Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, D;
Distribution Outside California: to Washington, central United States.
Flowering Time: May--Oct
Note: Widely cultivated by western America native people; cultivated plants sometimes recognized, with
Nicotiana quadrivalvis var.
bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf for wild pls.
Synonyms: Nicotiana bigelovii (Torr.) S. Watson; Nicotiana bigelovii var. wallacei A. Gray; Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf; Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. quadrivalvis
Jepson eFlora Author: Michael H. Nee
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