Nicotiana glauca

Tree tobacco

Family: Solanaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Tree tobacco is a naturalized shrub found in northern coastal interior California, central Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, central western California, southwestern California, and desert regions in open, disturbed flats or slopes at elevations below 1,100 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces yellow to greenish-yellow flowers with a distinctive tubular shape approximately 30 to 45 millimeters long, featuring a pentagonal limb 6 to 8 millimeters in diameter. Growing as a glaucous shrub or small tree with soft wood, it can reach heights of 5 to 21 centimeters tall with smooth, glabrous stems. Its large leaves are predominantly ovate, petioled, and measuring 5 to 21 centimeters long, creating a distinctive blue-green appearance. The fruit is small, ranging from 7 to 15 millimeters in length, with tiny seeds measuring just 0.5 millimeters.

Habitat: Open, disturbed flats or slopes

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 1100 m

Bioregions: NCoRI, c&amps SNF, GV, CW, SW, D

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Colusa, Alameda, Yolo, Imperial, Contra Costa, Fresno, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, Solano, San Joaquin, Inyo, Merced, Calaveras, Humboldt, Marin, San Mateo, Sutter, Butte, San Francisco, Monterey, Stanislaus, Tulare, Sacramento, Yuba, Lake, Mariposa, El Dorado, Madera, Napa, Mendocino

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.