Desert Tobacco

The Blossom of Desert Tobacco (Nicotiana trigonophylla) photographed on Booth Pinnacle in Lake Mead Area, Nevada 2005. The entire plant is sticky and covered with small hairs. The flowers are 0.5 to 1.5 inches long and five-lobed. They are either greenish-white or yellowish in color. All parts of desert tobacco are considered poisonous.