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Nicotiana glauca
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11, Blue Haze Lane, Umwindsidale
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Tree tobacco (English) Wild tobacco (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Hairless, ± succulent, short-lived shrub or small tree, to 6 m. Young growth blue-green, sometimes with a waxy bloom. Leaves broadly lanceolate to elliptic or spathulate, thickly-textured, glaucous or green; petiole not winged. Flowers erect or pendent, in loose panicle-like inflorescences. Corolla 3-4 cm long, green, becoming yellow or orange, tube narrow, with a slight swelling near the apex and constricted slightly above and below the swelling. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, 8-12 mm long, hairless, splitting above into 4 valves. |
| Notes: | Introduced as a garden ornamental and widely naturalised. |
| Derivation of specific name: | glauca: glaucous, bluish-green |
| Habitat: | Along watercourses and in disturbed places |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Argentina and possibly Bolivia, now extending to S and C America and widely distributed as a weed in warm and warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 13 November 2009 |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Nicotiana glauca pageFlora of Mozambique: Nicotiana glauca
African Plant Database: Nicotiana glauca
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Nicotiana glauca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Nicotiana glauca
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Nicotiana glauca
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Nicotiana glauca
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Nicotiana glauca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Nicotiana glauca
JSTOR Plant Science: Nicotiana glauca
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Nicotiana glauca
Tropicos: Nicotiana glauca
West African Plants database: Nicotiana glauca
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