E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Nicotiana quadrivalvis Pursh
wild tobacco
Solanaceae (Potato family)

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Introduction

There are two specimens collected from the Queen Charlotte Islands, one taken by Menzies (Kew) and one by Dixon ((BM). Apparently the Haida cultivated this species which they obtained by trade with interior people, but stopped when they obtained better tobacco by trade with Europeans.

Author: Frank Lomer, Honorary Research Associate, University of British Columbia Herbarium

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