Nicotiana rustica L.
Aztec tobacco
Solanaceae (Potato family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Distribution of Nicotiana rustica
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Introduction

This South American annual (Aztec tobacco, Sacred tobacco) is rarely cultivated today. It was collected once near Kamloops on a shaded bank below a house and garden (McLaren s.n. @ V).

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