Solanaceae Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 43
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Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Scientific name: Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: NIAT (
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Common names: Coyote Tobacco
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant smoked in corn husks for ceremonial purposes.
RECRD: 90141 id: 23761