Latin name: Nicotiana quadrivalvis Pursh
  Pronunciation: ni-ko-tee-AY-na kwad-ri-VAL-vis
  Common name: Indian tobacco
  Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade)
  Habitat: Many cismontane plant communities, open
  well-drained washes and slopes below 4500', dryish
  plains and mesas
  Blooming period: May to October
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Nicotiana
  2) quadrivalvis
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