Nicotiana clevelandii
Gray
Cleveland's tobacco
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Summary
Source: WikipediaNicotiana clevelandii is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name Cleveland's tobacco. Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego–based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland. It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States in California and Arizona, where it grows in the Sonoran Desert, Colorado Desert, and in chaparral of the coastal canyons of the Peninsular Ranges and the Channel Islands of California.
Description
An herbaceous plant in the Solanaceae family found in temperate regions, with leaves used for tea.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are consumed as tea.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
North America, USA,
References (1)
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 354
