Wild Tobacco Plant

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1. Entry 1

   Coyote tobacco is native to western North America from British Columbia south to Texas and northern Mexico, thriving in diverse habitats including post-fire and disturbed sites.

2. Entry 2

   Smoked ceremonially by Hopi, Apache, Navajo, Paiute, and other tribes; Zuni healers blew the smoke over a patient's body to reduce throbbing pain from rattlesnake bites.

3. Entry 3

   Charred Nicotiana attenuata seeds recovered from a cultural hearth in present-day Utah date back roughly 12,300 years, representing some of the earliest archaeological evidence of human tobacco use.

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