Common names:
Wild Tobacco
Mapacho
Tobacco
Aztec Tobacco
Sacred Tobacco

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle:Other
Sun Requirements:Full Sun
Water Preferences:Wet
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 2
Fruit:Indehiscent
Fruiting Time:Late winter and early spring
Summer
Flowers:Nocturnal
Flower Size:Under 1"
5"-6"
Flower Time:Late winter and early spring
Winter
Wildlife Attractant:Birds
Hummingbirds
Toxicity:Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds:Self fertile
Stratify seeds: s o aeo)de(ftrcnnw vocuerS
Scarify seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Start indoors: 7oºum niMfmi3F
Pollinators:Other
Hoverflies
Bees
Various insects
Cleistogamous
Conservation status:Extinct (EX)

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