Nicotiana clevelandii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Nicotiana clevelandii A. Gray

Cleveland's tobacco

2014 Ron Vanderhoff

2023 Ron Vanderhoff

Nicotiana clevelandii is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~139 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Nicotiana
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Nicotiana clevelandii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (NICL) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/14/2025).